New York Regents Speak Up on Testing
Tuesday Open Thread
The speaker list is up for the Board meeting tomorrow; not as packed as I thought with just four people on the waitlist. The majority of the speakers are speaking on high school boundaries (with several wanting to talk about Ballard High). There are only three of us speaking about the Green Dot resolution asking the City to not grant the zoning departures that Green Dot has requested. It's me, long-time watchdog, Chris Jackins, and the head of the Washington State Charter Schools Association, Patrick D'Amelio. (I knew Mr. D'Amelio when he headed the Alliance for Education and Big Brothers and Big Sisters; he's a stand-up guy.)
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I'm speaking up for bell times tomorrow at the Board meeting. There are only 5 people signed up. If you have concerns about bell times, or anything else, you can likely get a speaking spot at the meeting.
Let the Board know what you think!
Arne Duncan has denied WA State an NCLB waiver because WA does not use Value Added Measures from testing in the evaluation of teachers.
VAM is completely unreliable but that does not matter.
The first cave-in using VAM occurred in the SPS around 2007 when the SEA approved using VAM in teacher evaluations.
There is so much wrong being mandated by "Leaders" and yet the nonsense keeps coming.
More folks at every level need to speak up. Find out where school board candidates and politicians stand on these issues. Is anyone accountable?
-- Dan Dempsey
"this experimental drug, this poison"
Aren't they referring the teacher eval process mainly and these regents, half of the total, aren't they just toeing the AFT line?
Do you think this VAM is reliable and/or fair? If not, what do you mean by "toe the AFT" line?
Your words matter.
--enough already
What about evaluating teachers by test scores?
--enough already
It's like commie propaganda on this blog regarding the test. Credibility is fading fast.
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