A look at the MAP test and Value Added Measures (VAM)
Students and teachers at Ballard High School in Seattle
Beginning this fall, teachers who have been on this system for two school years prior to 2012-2013, and who teach tested subjects and grades, will receive a student growth rating based upon two assessments and a two year rolling average of student assessment data.”- José Banda, Superintendent Seattle Public Schools
There has been a push underway to judge a teacher’s performance, or that of a principal, a school, a district or a superintendent based on student test scores.
Someone had the idea to determine how well a teacher or a school was faring based on how a student was doing on a standardized test over a certain period of time. That length of time has been decided upon from what I’ve seen in a rather haphazard manner from
