tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post5986549673335274895..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: How Much?Richard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-81969217182467747062012-01-08T15:44:35.862-05:002012-01-08T15:44:35.862-05:00First you have Frankfort trying to determine stude...First you have Frankfort trying to determine student's grades with end of course exams and now we have them trying to evaluate teachers. What next, weekly cafeteria menus, athletic scheduling, school colors or maybe floor waxing standards?<br /><br />Quit bullying teachers and deal with the real issues of this state like unfunded retirement, deteriorating infrastructure, fair tax codes, in adequate medical care and creating a legitimate long term economic plan for the entire state beyond hypocritically touting the importance of education while reducing financial support for education.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-13082259330539721212012-01-08T08:50:52.122-05:002012-01-08T08:50:52.122-05:00Teacher Accountability? Hmmmm....
Will there be p...Teacher Accountability? Hmmmm....<br /><br />Will there be principal accountability? After all, they are the individuals who tenure these so-called "bad teachers." <br /><br />And how will, say, a Spanish teacher be measured? Their students, as of yet, take no standardized tests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-53566316779589639362012-01-07T13:32:45.710-05:002012-01-07T13:32:45.710-05:00If you have got a bad teacher in the building and ...If you have got a bad teacher in the building and the administrator is not dealing with it now, I doubt factoring in student scores is going to make any difference. <br /><br />Instead, I worry that some administrators, who have the same pressures of increased student assessment scores as teachers, will become become reactionary and impulsive in applying this criteria to teacher evaluation (and continued employment). <br /><br />Actually, this might backfire on legislators. I can see some educators turning the tables and contending that their students' low performance is due to unsupplied resources which are needed to increase scores. That would not be a hard sell when you look at the reduction in expenditures to SEEK, textbooks, ESS, PD, etc, especially in light of KDE expectations which are equally lacking in adequate supportAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com