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More holes in the “$4700 teacher value added study” than a pound of Swiss cheese. « Fred Klonsky

More holes in the “$4700 teacher value added study” than a pound of Swiss cheese. « Fred Klonsky:

More holes in the “$4700 teacher value added study” than a pound of Swiss cheese.

When the study by Harvard and Columbia economists of teacher effectiveness came out a few weeks ago it caused a stir.

Their study claimed to suggest that a single teacher of a class from 4th to 8th grade, rated excellent measured by test scores, increased students adult earnings by $4700 a year, prevented teen-age pregnancy and improved