All-star roster of education researchers: Test scores unreliable, unfair and unhelpful in evaluating teachers

08-30-2010

Blog by Maureen Downey/Atlantic Journal Constitution

In the midst of a controversial LA Times series linking teacher performance in that district to test scores, a new briefing paper was released today by the Economic Policy Institute cautioning against the use of test scores, the Value Added Model, to judge teacher performance. The 27-page paper — by a blue ribbon collection of educaion researchers including Eva L. Baker, Paul E. Barton, Linda Darling-Hammond, Edward Haertel, Helen F. Ladd , Robe rt L. Linn, Diane Ravitch, Richard Rothstein, Richard J. Shavelson, and Lorrie A. Shepard - lists many negative impacts from judging teachers largely on student test scores. They also point to studies that cite the unreliability of scores. (more…)

Also: Washington Post and pdf of the study: Problems with the Use of Student Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers.

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