Another Stupid Education Study
Will Sentell, education reporter for the Baton Rouge Advocate has found another excuse to bash experienced teachers because of their suspicion of the new Value Added teacher evaluation systems. His article todayreports on a so called “study” conducted by a group called TEACH +PLUS. This study which consists of an unscientific survey of public school teachers' opinions about the importance and desirability of using student standardized testing as a major component of school and teacher accountability. As expected, the more experienced teachers are chastised for being suspicious of the new value added method for evaluating teachers while the new teachers seem to be enthusiastic about having their careers as teachers tied to student performance. Has it occurred to the reporter that maybe the experienced teachers know something about the