Why you should not believe a word in the teacher data reports, due to be released today
The DOE is due to release the inaccurate and unreliable teacher data reports today, based solely on standardized test scores from 2010 state exams known to be invalid; with the names of 3-8th grade individual teachers attached. All the major newspapers are likely to post these false and defamatory reports as soon as tomorrow . I suggest you refrain from looking up your child’s teacher, but if you do,you should NOT believe ANYTHING the report says.
Check out my interview on WPIX - TV news yesterday where I explain the huge margin of error in these reports and more. There is not another profession, whether in the public or the private sector, where the media has ever publicized this confidential stuff, whether accurate or not – and the reporters are all