NEW YORK -- Education policies pushing more tests haven't necessarily led to more learning, according to a new National Research Council report. "W...

School districts around the country are toughening standards for grading teachers. And if Antonio Villaraigosa has his way, Los Angeles could be next....

NEW YORK -- As different states seek their own methods for evaluating a profession whose job security has long been determined by experience rather th...

The Gates group's approach to educational reform is nearly guaranteed to kill whatever good remnants of teaching and learning remain in America's beleaguered schools.

The L.A. Times has not been simply reporting on teacher evaluations or ratings. It has been creating them and publicizing them.

In order for the United States to remain economically competitive and "win our future," so to speak, we must ensure that we have and maintain a healthy workforce.

Colorado researchers concluded that the Los Angeles Times' method does not reliably identify the teachers who add value to student test scores.

Here are five completely unsolicited ideas for TFA's next 20 years, on the occasion of its first, written while on the Bolt Bus from New York City to Washington, D.C. for the weekend celebration.

Staring a sentence with the words "research shows" is aimed at sticking a dagger in the heart of an opponent's argument. Increasingly, though, I am finding reasons not to trust education research.

For teachers it is a rude awakening to find that after decades of confidential evaluations, parts of them are going public, fast.

One day soon, my name and performance evaluation could be printed in your morning newspaper. It will tell you that I'm a teacher who has clear strengths and weaknesses.

Our children are being denied quality learning experiences and our teachers are forced to treat children as possible test scores. The future of teaching and learning in our public schools is in danger.

In a world of high-stakes measures, this one really takes the cake. Until this week, an elementary school has been using students' Body Mass Index measurements as part of their physical fitness grades.

If major news outlets feel it is all right to publish previously confidential (and highly flawed) data about teachers, perhaps its time for teachers to launch our own project.

Roughly once a year or so, I turn this column space over to a guest author. This usually happens when a point of view is presented to me either in pu...

If Michelle Rhee were to walk into my classroom, my guess is she'd probably jump out of her skin with angst and fury at the dearth of Scantron sheets, multiple choice test prep packets, and #2 pencils.

"Value-added" rankings have been a buzz word among educators since "Race to the Top", began promising funds to school systems that adapt to certain r...

SEATTLE — A study of Washington state teachers has found that deciding layoffs based solely on which teachers have the least seniority has a sig...

A ruling is expected in New York City as early as this week. But regardless, it's safe to say that the current teacher-evaluation system is broken -- and that value-added analysis is here to stay.

Recently, I attempted to unpack the media-augmented narrative -- and national hot button issue du jour -- of public education reform within the context of a fairy tale.

The national debate over "value-added" teacher ratings has found an especially contentious battleground in Los Angeles. Over the summer, Los Angeles ...

"Value-added" evaluations, or judging teachers by scores of their students, is highly questionable. Day by day, it appears as dubious as bloodletting.

I spoke with a handful of New York public school parents and while my survey was very small (fewer than 10 individuals) the responses weren't surprising.