Via @latimes: an LAUSD high school teacher reviews the reviewers. Her Avg Growth Over Time report relied on scores from 9th grade repeaters of her 10th grade English class–her least motivated students. Does it give the full picture of her teaching? Ha…
Archives for January 29, 2012
Teachers across the country demand Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's removal…
Teachers across the country demand Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s removal in protest over RTTT and NCLB policies. cc MOMocratsTeachers Demand Arne Duncan’s Removal www.laprogressive.comMark Naison: We, the undersigned, a cross section of the nati…
Bad enough that NCLB tied test scores to schools, now teacher "value" is tied to…
Bad enough that NCLB tied test scores to schools, now teacher “value” is tied to student standardized test scores too. The right-wing, corporate-backed legislative lobby group ALEC crows about its successes in IN, where every policy most detrimental to…