The “$4700 value added” study: Why no peer review?
We’ve been following the response to the report of a massive $2.5 million, 20 year study of teacher value added measures that appeared in Saturday’s NY Times.
The United Federation of Teachers leader Leo Casey asks why was the study released now, without the usual peer review?
Good question.
The choice of this particular moment, with the NYC DoE walking out of negotiations with the UFT over the teacher evaluation system for the 33 PLA schools, State Education Commissioner King’s disallowance of the teacher evaluation plans of all ten major urban school districts and Governor Cuomo’s