Scarsdale Superintendent Blasts Cuomo Plan
Governor Andrew Cuomo once boasted that he was the lobbyist for the children of New York state. One of his signal claims is the new evaluation system for educators.
Many educators think it is a very bad system because it relies heavily on standardized test scores. More than 1/3 of the principals of New York state signed a protest against the system and continue to fight it. They have said, repeatedly, that reliance on test scores for evaluations will harm their teachers and their students. Governor Cuomo doesn’t listen.
Now a new article was just published in Newsday by Mike McGill, the superintendent of the Scarsdale public schools, one of the best in the state. McGill asks why it is necessary to rank and rate teachers on a 100-point scale. As an experienced educator, he knows the downside of this measurement obsession.
Here is the article, with which I agree.
Diane
By MICHAEL MCGILL
Photo credit: Illustration by Christopher Serra |
The State Education Department has mandated a new evaluation scheme for New York‘s teachers. In what
Many educators think it is a very bad system because it relies heavily on standardized test scores. More than 1/3 of the principals of New York state signed a protest against the system and continue to fight it. They have said, repeatedly, that reliance on test scores for evaluations will harm their teachers and their students. Governor Cuomo doesn’t listen.
Now a new article was just published in Newsday by Mike McGill, the superintendent of the Scarsdale public schools, one of the best in the state. McGill asks why it is necessary to rank and rate teachers on a 100-point scale. As an experienced educator, he knows the downside of this measurement obsession.
Here is the article, with which I agree.
Diane
McGill: Rating won’t help teachers or kids
Published: May 11, 2012 12:40 PMBy MICHAEL MCGILL
The State Education Department has mandated a new evaluation scheme for New York‘s teachers. In what