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Tribune flunks the teacher evaluation essay question

The Tribune is once more on the attack against teachers, writing this editorial pushing for a teacher evaluation system built primarily on student test scores. It took me a while to finish the following letter to the editor because I was so busy going through my thesaurus looking for less inflammatory synonyms for “ignorant.”

Here’s what I just sent them (though don’t expect to see it in print – they rarely allow that):

“Like a bad teacher, the Tribune is once more mis-educating its readers about the value of student standardized test scores. Your editorial, ‘Student growth should be the most significant factor in