Tag Archives: Standardized Tests
Dump Duncan
Instead of a quick post highlighting the latest efforts to garner signatures for an open letter to President Obama, I spent all day writing this post. The open letter asks that President Obama remove Arne Duncan as his secretary of … Continue reading
VAM BAM: Our National Obsession with Measuring Teacher Effectiveness
I wanted to highlight a blogger I just discovered who passionately discounts the value of value-added measurement (VAM) as used to determine teacher effectiveness, especially for those who teach English as a Second Language (ESL) students. Her post got me thinking about … Continue reading
Garbage in, Garbage Out: The Circular Logic of Richwine and Biggs
The following comments were made to a rebuttal from Jason Richwine and Andrew G. Biggs titled: Are Teachers Overpaid? A Response to Critics. Ah, the fine art of pseudo-science; otherwise, known as economics. It must be nice to believe so much in … Continue reading
