tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post5990889296916268245..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: Predictable Program Review Flaws now on DisplayRichard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-28465116122999885882014-10-05T21:26:10.582-04:002014-10-05T21:26:10.582-04:00Ditch them, self evaluation has not place in accou...Ditch them, self evaluation has not place in accountability, especially not a quarter of your school's overall index. Same with PGES - same folks evaluating program reviews are completing TPGES and their jobs are on the line, not just a school score index. Next we will hear of some folks just low balling student growth/achievement expectations on TPGES and overwhelm the principal with an overburdensome teacher evaluation system -boom another 10% of your school accountability down the drain.<br /><br />Why are trying to mash so much into what should be a meaningful measurement of whether students have learned anything? How can we pretend to evaluate if students are learning in a school if we only count 24-15% of a school score based upon student achievement? You beat GAP by increasing Free/Reduced lunch numbers so that achievement and gap basically are the same thing. Similarly, growth (though well intentioned) is the biggest misnomer you could use for the concocted idea that students in shared baseline cohort groups who perform below the contrived 40% mark (regardless of their score) didn't not demonstrate growth.<br /><br />Sad part is all the public does is once a year look at the overall score for their school, compared it to others guy in the neighboring county and then draw some overly simplistic impression of whether their school is doing well or not.<br /><br />What next weight students for health scores or exams for teachers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com