Pioneered in California, publishing teacher “effectiveness” rankings draws more criticism
By Louis Freedberg ~ EdSource Extra
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The release last month of “value-added” rankings of New York City teachers based on student test scores, a practice pioneered by the Los Angeles Times in the summer of 2010, has once again raised pointed questions about whether the rankings of individual teachers should be published by the media.
The practice threatens to increase resistance to the notion of linking evaluations to student performance being promoted by the Obama administration, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others. Publication of teachers’ rankings
The practice threatens to increase resistance to the notion of linking evaluations to student performance being promoted by the Obama administration, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others. Publication of teachers’ rankings