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Roland Gesthuizen

City Teacher Data Reports Are Released - SchoolBook - 36 views

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NYTimes performance assessment teacher leaguetable

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  • The rankings stem from a desire by policy makers to find an objective way to distinguish between effective and ineffective teachers, untainted by the subjective judgment of individual evaluators, like school principals.
  • Critics also say there are aspects of a child’s life — or distractions on test day — that the numbers cannot capture: supportive parents, a talented principal, the help of a tutor, allergies or a relentlessly barking dog outside the classroom.
  • there are schools where students are taught by multiple teachers, making it difficult to figure out the weight of their individual contributions
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  • The union has warned that the result will be sweeping, with good teachers steering clear of grades that have standardized tests, parents’ attempts to switch their children to other classrooms, low morale among teachers and worse.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 25 Feb 12
     
    After a long legal battle and amid much anguish by teachers and other educators, the New York City Education Department released individual performance rankings of 18,000 public school teachers on Friday, while admonishing the news media not to use the scores to label or pillory teachers.
Roland Gesthuizen

A Sociological Eye on Education | The worst eighth-grade math teacher in New York City - 183 views

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leaguetable teachertraining performance evaluation

shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 19 May 12 - No Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 19 May 12
     
    'Abbott, who teaches mathematics to seventh- and eighth-graders at the Anderson School, a citywide gifted-and-talented school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, received some startling news. . she was the worst eighth-grade math teacher in New York City, where she has taught since 2007'
Roland Gesthuizen

Education Rethink: What Didn't Happen at #ISTE12 - 3 views

www.educationrethink.com/...at-didnt-happen-at-iste12.html

ISTE2012 leaguetable keynote blog activism

shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 13 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 13 Jul 12
     
    "I want to see teachers stand up and speak as passionately about democracy, social justice and critical thinking as they do apps and iPads. I want to see teachers tell stories, not just about student projects, but about how standardization is getting in the way of authentic learning. I want to see us recover a vision of education as the development of critical thinking citizens rather than the kickstart campaign for a lagging economy"
Roland Gesthuizen

In Brooklyn, Hard-Working Teachers, Sabotaged When Student Test Scores Slip - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...-student-test-scores-slip.html

NYTimes edreform assessment leaguetable

shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 05 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • If city officials were trying to demoralize and humiliate the workforce, they’ve done a terrific job. News organizations get an assist for publishing the scores,
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 05 Mar 12
     
    A teacher's rating depends on how much progress her students make on state tests in a year's time, and is known as the value-added score. Ms. Allanbrook, the principal, has another name for what's going on. She calls the scores the "invalid value-addeds."
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