AIR’s Connections to Florida’s “Miserable” VAM Scores
Lakeland Ledger columnist Glenn Marston dug deeper into Florida’s new testing contractor: More concerning about AIR’s Florida connections is the miserable teacher-grading program it created for the state, known as the value-added model. The inconclusive teacher evaluations are useless. The Tampa Bay Times reported March 1 that teachers of the year and finalists for teacher of the year in Central F
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