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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

NY principal: Teacher scores inaccurate at my school - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

NY principal: Teacher scores inaccurate at my school - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

NY principal: Teacher scores inaccurate at my school

The information below comes from Elizabeth Phillips, principal of P.S. 321 in Park Slope, N.Y., about how badlythe newly released rankings of New York City public school teachers reflect the reality at her school. Phillips wrote that she is “absolutely sick” about the public release of the Teacher Data Reports (TDR) of some 18,000 teachers based entirely on student standardized test scores. And, she said, the amount of data that is wrong is “staggering.”

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School psychologists: Shortage amid increased need

This was written by Mark Phillips, professor emeritus of secondary education at San Francisco State University and author of a monthly column on education for the Marin Independent Journal .

By Mark Phillips

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