Comments on: Tweed’s “Value Added” Project: Ideology Trumps Education

By: Measuring School Performance | Edwize

Measuring School Performance | Edwize — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:53:28 +0000

[...] the crux of the matter is this: even if students were randomly assigned to classes and schools [and Jesse Rothstein's study has demonstrated that they are not], the classes can be quite skewed, especially in small schools [...]

By: This And That | Edwize

This And That | Edwize — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:47:29 +0000

[...] take a look at this defense of their value-added pilot project, which we previously discussed here. Of special note is the last paragraph, which alludes to the fact that the period being measured [...]

By: Peeing into the Wind: Why is Klein Picking Losing Fights With the Teachers Union? « Ed In The Apple

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:36:07 +0000

[...] folks over at Edwize, Leo Casey and City Sue, skewered the concept, and, the blogosphere in general was [...]

By: Apologies Or Apologists? More On Tweed's "Value Added" Pilot Project | Edwize

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:18:19 +0000

[...] at the Quick and the Ed, Kevin Carey offers to apologize to us for Ed Sector’s caricatures of our arguments on Tweed’s “value added” pilot project. But Carey is unwilling to take us at our [...]

By: Eduwonk.com: NY Teacher Madness

Eduwonk.com: NY Teacher Madness — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:38:21 +0000

[...] This NYT story Monday has sparked all sorts of accusations and counter-accusations around the web. Joel Klein is a devil! The union is awful! It’s Tuskegee all over again! Basically, the NYC Department of Education is [...]

By: Peter Goodman

Peter Goodman — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:21:35 +0000

Research linking teacher performance to pupil achievement is not new …

http://www.nysut.org/files/nysut_gap_071026_Lankford.pdf

From my experience researchers do NOT support using this research to rate teachers.

The DOE is also supporting the Roland Freyer “pay the kids for performance” project …

Who knows why Cerf decided to go public with project … Randi and Leo responded expeditously and vigorously … a one day story? or, do we do battle? the balls in their court.

By: dr_dru

dr_dru — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:02:32 +0000

SOC ST TEACHER,

As Jonathan wrote; when I started to write, Leo’s post was not there. It was there by the time I had posted, as you can see by the time stamp.

My criticism is still valid though. If Randi made such objections, why not let us know about it before the article came out? What would be the downside of that?

Dru

By: Blogboard: Finger-Pointing in NYC

Blogboard: Finger-Pointing in NYC — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:44:58 +0000

[...] United Federation of Teachers’ blog this morning Leo Casey of the United Federation of Teachers came down hard on New York’s pilot project that would use standardized test scores to evaluate teacher [...]

By: jd2718

jd2718 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:54:48 +0000

Social Studies Teacher:

Extend some good faith. Dr. Dru and Leo were writing at the same time (look at the timestamps). The way the Times wrote that passage was misleading. I’m surprised there were only two questions, but Leo did answer pretty quickly.

Jonathan

By: Should Student Test Scores Measure a Teachers Value? - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:40:30 +0000

[...] city’s teachers union expressed outrage at the plan on its blog, saying the plan uses unreliable data and promising to fight if the city moves to make the [...]