Growing opposition to State Education Department and Governor’s policies in New York This week, evidence of growing public opposition to the programs of the New York Stated Education Department, and the meddling of Governor Cuomo, is evident across the state. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Teacher Evaluation
New Research on Instability of Teacher Evaluation Metrics
Gallery
Current Teacher Evaluation Metrics are Unstable The Education Policy Analysis Archives has just published (Oct 6, 2014) “The Stability of Teacher Performance and Effectiveness: Implication for Policies Concerning Teacher Evaluation,” by Morgan, Hodge, Trepinski and Anderson. This is a well-designed … Continue reading
Validity, Assessments, and Teacher Evaluation
Gallery
Validity is being ignored by politicians and many reformers Opposition to the Common Core Standards and to the massive testing regime that started with NCLB and continues with Race to the Top and the Common Core continues to grow. Teacher … Continue reading
Common Core Controversy Grows
Gallery
Two Common Core Supporters With Comments for the Critics Two relatively recent commentaries/blogs from EdWeek inspire this column. Substituting for Rick Hess in the EdWeek blogosphere, on Feb. 20, 2014 Morgan Polikoff from USC wrote “To Save the Common Core, … Continue reading