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In reply to the discussion: 20-fold increase in standardized testing coming with Gates Foundation's "Common Core": [View all]proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)And what they know (and don't know) does not point to teacher effectiveness.
Those are two completely different things.
Here's an example. I had a student this year who was absent 43 days. That's about a quarter of the year. His attendance for the year was 76% His attendance last year was 74% and he was retained. So this was his second year in the same grade. And yes, his test scores sucked. How do those measure MY effectiveness? How can I be effective when he isn't even in class?
I employed every tool at my disposal to get him to come to school. I've never expended so much energy on ONE kid. If my effectiveness was based on how hard i worked to improve his attendance, I should get a raise. But if we just look at test scores, I'm a failure.