Friday, February 7, 2014

2-7-14 V.A.M.: Value Added Measure - If You Live or Work in N.Y.C., You May Suffer from P.M.S.D. and Not Even Know It

V.A.M.: Value Added Measure:







If You Live or Work in N.Y.C., You May Suffer from P.M.S.D. and Not Even Know It
P.M.S.D.:  Being a Brief Treatise on the Effects of the Ailment Specifically upon N.Y.C. TeachersAlthough far less harmful than post-traumatic stress disorder, PMSD, or Post-Mayoral Stress Disorder, is a very real phenomenon, affecting thousands in N.Y.C. and, thus, a serious cause for concern.What is Post-Mayoral Stress Disorder (PMSD)? If as an educator you had a threatening mayor, manipulating




V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: Leaning Towards P.I.S.A.: Do the Ends Justify the Means?
V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: Leaning Towards P.I.S.A.: Do the Ends Justify the Means?: Leaning Towards P.I.S.A.: Do the Ends Justify the Means?The P.I.S.A. exam, or Programme for Internationale Student Assessment was put together by the O.E.C.D. (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) in 1997.  The first tests were administered in 2000.  They test knowledge and its applications.