'One Test On One Day' for Teacher Evaluations
According to colleagues and sources who attended the Education Writers' Association recent conference, National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel took the opportunity during a panel discussion to reiterate that it's "absurd" for districts and states to think that it's possible to use "one test on one day" to evaluate a teacher.
I am genuinely perplexed: I have not heard of a single district that's proposing to use just one test score to evaluate a teacher. The whole point of value-added measures of student growth is that they require at least two scores at different points in time to get a gauge of teacher effectiveness. Some states and districts require at least three or more discrete scores, and a few of the growth models out there, like the one used in Tennessee
I am genuinely perplexed: I have not heard of a single district that's proposing to use just one test score to evaluate a teacher. The whole point of value-added measures of student growth is that they require at least two scores at different points in time to get a gauge of teacher effectiveness. Some states and districts require at least three or more discrete scores, and a few of the growth models out there, like the one used in Tennessee
