Strong words about LAT and teachers from a research expert *

02-16-2011

Blog by Kevin Roderick/LA Observed

I don't have any idea who's right in the controversy over using "value-added" measures to evaluate teachers, as the L.A. Times did to some notoriety last year. But I can't help but notice the detail of the criticism leveled at the paper's methods. Most notable was last week's University of Colorado report saying the Times got a lot of things wrong, and the paper's subsequent dubious story insisting the report mostly confirmed its work, and the subsequent back-and-forth with the Colorado researchers accusing the Times of lying and the paper defending its credibility with a jab at the credibility of its critics. Now comes UCLA education professor Mike Rose, a specialist in social research methodology, to add his own pointed criticism of LAT methods. He posted it as a comment on the LAT website. [“]I grew up with The Times, know and admire people on the paper, and have been fortunate to contribute to its opinion page. But I have to ask: What is happening at The Times? With each article in Value-Added methods it gets deeper and deeper into a mess of its own making and displays further hubris or ignorance.[“] (more...)

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