No, don't judge teachers using tests: Data is flawed and unreliable
Wednesday, May 18th 2011, 4:00 AM
Monaster/News
Eighth grade students study math in preparation for the New York State exams.When my daughter was 6, she announced, "I'm so lucky to have a smart daddy who's a teacher and can help me with my homework."
I hung a whiteboard in her room, which she began arranging after the fashion of her first-grade teacher. She made her friends sit in a semicircle while she explained whatever it was she had posted on her whiteboard. When they squirmed, she chided them.
Although I tried vainly to push books and music on her, she declared she wanted to become a math teacher. That threw me for a loop, but I was happy because teaching is the best job there is. When one of my beleaguered English-as-a-second-language
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