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Formula to Grade Teachers’ Skill Gains in Use, and Critics

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 65, Clicks: 11)  View Story

Many school districts have adopted a system called value-added modeling to evaluate teachers, provoking battles from Washington to Los Angeles.

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#1 by nitajo posted ago +2 apples bad good
Despite warnings, the Department of Education made states with laws prohibiting linkages between student data and teachers ineligible to compete in Race to the Top, and it designed its scoring system to reward states that use value-added calculations in teacher evaluations.
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