What’s the value of value-added?
New York City will release value-added rankings of teachers in fourth through eighth grade, if a United Federation of Teachers lawsuit fails. That’s intensified the debate over evaluating teachers based on their students’ progress, reports Education Week. Traditionally, virtually all teachers — from Mr. Chips to Mrs. Burnout — are judged “satisfactory.”
“It’s universally acknowledged—teacher evaluations are broken,” said Timothy Daly, president ofThe New Teacher Project, a group that helps school districts recruit and train teachers.
Perhaps surprisingly, teacher-union leaders agree. Michael Mulgrew, president of New York City’sUnited Federation of Teachers (UFT), said last spring that “the current evaluation system doesn’t