Jan Resseger on Absurdity of Ohio VAM
This just in from an advocate for children who live in poverty:
This week the Cleveland Plain Dealer has a new series, “Grading the Teachers.” It is basically an endorsement of the new Ohio Value Added Measures (VAM) program by which teachers will be rated. Scores are being made available on-line. Ohio’s VAM formula, according to the news account, does not consider the socioeconomic information about the children.
Here are the articles thus far in the series:
· Grading the Teachers, Part I ‘Value-added’ ties teacher ratings to pupils’ test scores.
This week the Cleveland Plain Dealer has a new series, “Grading the Teachers.” It is basically an endorsement of the new Ohio Value Added Measures (VAM) program by which teachers will be rated. Scores are being made available on-line. Ohio’s VAM formula, according to the news account, does not consider the socioeconomic information about the children.
Here are the articles thus far in the series:
· Grading the Teachers, Part I ‘Value-added’ ties teacher ratings to pupils’ test scores.
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