Sue Horton
"There's teaching, and there's learning"
L.A. Times
August 19th, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-horton-schools-20100819,0,1170621.story
Summary:
Topic: A defense of standardized testing and teacher evaluation based on test scores.
The article begins with an anecdotal reflection on the writer's educational experiences--particularly regarding the question of "what is a good teacher?" Ironically, she brings up a slew of things that have nothing to do with learning standardized curriculum. The article further goes on to defend the use of the "value-added" analysis performed by the Los Angeles Unified School District (the teacher ranking system we discussed in Learning Communities). A link to the study can be found here: http://projects.latimes.com/value-added/.
Intended audience: The article sounds as though it is addressed to teachers and others who disagree with the public release of the study.
Key Points: -Testing is necessary to prepare students to succeed.
-Evaluating teachers through their student's test scores is fair and justified.
Relevance: This should prove to be a relevant counterpoint to the debate over standardized testing and curriculum and how they relate to teacher evaluation.
I didn't want to put all 4-5 articles off until next week so I figured that I would be the guinea pig for the group and get things rolling while I had a little free time this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteLove all the labels you used for searching later!
ReplyDeleteThis looks good. I'm liking the 1 article per blog post thing. Maybe it'll be easier to respond to?
ReplyDeleteAwesome, hope it's an acceptable template!
ReplyDeleteThank you for being willing to be first and to provide an example, Jeff! I agree with Jessica about the labels - this will be a great resource for us.
ReplyDeleteAnd I do think 1 article per blog post is a good thing as it does make it easier to respond to.
Btw, great article too!
I like your blog! Thank you for giving us such a good example!
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