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Scholars: Don’t judge teachers on test scores
- 08-31-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
The same day that the Los Angeles Times went public with an online database rating teachers’ effectiveness based on test scores, a Washington-based nonpartisan think tank released a paper strongly cautioning against such a use. “Recognizing the technical and practical limitations of what test scores can accurately reflect, we conclude that changes in test scores should be used only as a modest part of a broader set of evidence about teacher practice,” wrote a panel of 10 scholars in a brief published by the Economic Policy Institute. (more…)
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