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Fresh Evidence: Pascale Mauclair’s Report Should be Declared Invalid | Edwize

Fresh Evidence: Pascale Mauclair’s Report Should be Declared Invalid | Edwize:

Fresh Evidence: Pascale Mauclair’s Report Should be Declared Invalid

Last week, Leo Casey gave Edwize readers the real story of Pascal Mauclair, whom the NY Post declared was the “at the bottom of the heap” when the DOE released the Teacher Data Reports to the press. The DOE gave Ms. Mauclair a “0” on her report, but the results seemed, to put it mildly, arbitrary. As Casey pointed out, Ms. Mauclair was graded on a small number (11) of high-need (ESL) students who were compared to other students learning in very different, departmentalized, classrooms. Aside from that, Ms. Mauclair has a reputation as an excellent teacher. As her principal said, “I would put my own child in her class.”

All this alone should be enough to clear Ms. Mauclair’s name. But this week fresh evidence shows that Ms. Mauclair’s report should be declared invalid altogether by the DOE.

In order to understand the problem with Ms. Mauclair’s report, you need to understand the important role of