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Replication study undermines L.A. Times’ value-added reporting
The gentleman from the Los Angeles Times sounded more like a press secretary for a politician rather than a member of the press corps. He put a spin on everything the research methodologist from Boulder found, and even put a spin on a caller's comment. The Times needs to get back to the business of […]
Dan Goldhaber’s odd reasoning
… much of the debate about using value-added for teacher evaluation is framed around the potential consequences for teachers rather than focusing on the known or potential consequences for students. Dan Goldhaber, The Standard of Evidence for Change, [guest column in] Rick Hess Straight Up. Goldhaber's a smart man, which is why this tangential argument puzzles […]
Megan McArdle’s ignorance
If you propose a subjective system of evaluation by principals and peer evaluators, the spokesmen for the teachers union complain that subjective evaluations are open to abuse of power. Megan McArdle, The Problem of Measurement. There are legitimate questions about the type of structure and support necessary for better observation-based evaluation of teachers, but anyone […]
Deviance credits and paying attention to the work of work
Some other union members (from K-12 locals) have criticized my last post which points to the excessive absences of Central Falls high school teachers as something that undermines the efforts of K-12 and other unions outside Central Falls defending their jobs when they were scapegoated last winter. The latest Providence Journal article (from yesterday, which […]
Certain Central Falls teachers owe their colleagues a giant apology
After national affiliates and union activists around the country fought to get Central Falls High School teachers their jobs back last winter, it does not help when news breaks of excessive teacher absences by any measure. I'm feeling right now like the defense attorney whose client leaves the courthouse to go rob a bank. Sometimes […]