tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post450028569576738773..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: Link between value-added ratings and classroom observations is modest at best, studies showRichard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-31963550129571466292012-12-15T12:52:15.817-05:002012-12-15T12:52:15.817-05:00In terms of teaching she wanted to provide the bes... In terms of teaching she wanted to provide the best education possible and go over and beyond the call of duty to make that a reality, without excuses. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.schoolimprovement.com/" rel="nofollow"> classroom observation resource </a>StephaniePumphreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05683714573162912811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-12557133862096685862012-05-02T16:52:22.182-04:002012-05-02T16:52:22.182-04:00I am sure all those effective teachers (who served...I am sure all those effective teachers (who served real live children and were evaluated by a real live human principal) but now find themselves in the unemployment thanks to IMPACT are down right comforted to know that Kamras and his crew "continue to wrestle with and question" the low corrolation.<br /><br />Teaching is a human business, not some darn physics formula (no offense to physics teachers).<br /><br />Does this guy even hear what he is saying - "these things are complicated and nuanced....they are not measuring the exact same things.???<br /><br />You have a teacher who is evaluated by a principal as an effective instructor and you may very well even have kids whose scores are above average, but you are going to fire them because some instrument which supposedly measures value added growth indicates less than a years worth of growth. <br /><br />This is crazy, eventually no one will be in the classroom and we will religate our childrens' education to an IPadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com