Last week the heralded Washington Post ran a piece on the teacher evaluation plan about to hit New York State teachers. Here's the news...it's not only problematic but it is harmful!!
Harmful, yes. 50% of the teachers evaluation will be based on test scores according to Carol Burris a current Principal. By the way, Ms. Burris was the New York State 'Teacher of the Year' in 2013. This is a lady who has kept abreast of the standardized test movement and the growing movement to make them an integral part of the teacher evaluation system.
On the surface, 50% of rating a teacher is based on a standardized test score. 50%!! Of course that test score doesn't factor in the educational, social, and cultural background of students no matter their location in NY. The test doesn't take into account the struggles students have had nor does it measure other sorts of growth beyond a particular curricular content area. Yeah, I'll say it, what a joke.
This mad craze to rate teachers based on some standardized test score is ludicrous and it needs to stop.
Quantifying teacher performance, through standardized tests, with the ever-changing social, behavioral and brain pattern of young people makes almost no sense.
UGH!!
Dick
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