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Opinions/Los Angeles Times
IDEA Director John Rogers is one of a handful of education professionals to remark on Times' series.
Last weekend, the Times launched its "Grading the Teachers" series, which presented the concept of a value-added approach to evaluating teachers. Individual test scores were scrutinized over several years as students moved from one teacher to another. The scores were analyzed to see which teachers consistently raised the test scores of their students and which lowered them. Later this month, the paper will post the data on its website. Times editorial writer Marjorie Miller spoke to a variety of education leaders and professionals about the pluses and minuses of this method of evaluating teachers. Their remarks — or writings — have been edited for clarity and length. In coming days, we'll feature the voices of classroom teachers. (more…)
Also: Washington Post, Huffington Post, Sacramento Bee, California Progress Report
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