Update on FOILed backup for DOE claims as regards teacher data reports
Yesterday in court, the United Federation of Teachers argued that the DOE should not release the teacher data reports to the public, despite FOIL requests from media outlets, because the value-added methodology on which they are based are statistically unreliable, among other reasons, a point also made by many researchers, including Sean Corcoran of NYU. (See articles about the court case in today'sGotham Schools, NY1, Daily News, NY Times, and Post)
In February 2009, almost two years ago, I submitted a FOIL request to DOE for a number of items related to these reports, including the