Sentences with phrase «caltides teacher data»

Their biggest benefactor, Mayor Bloomberg, wants full disclosure of teacher data, but they've long had a close relationship with NYSUT — though less publicized than the one enjoyed by the Dems.

Delegates and chapter leaders were still reeling from the sting of having inaccurate Teacher Data Reports published in some newspapers when they arrived at UFT headquarters for the March 7 Delegate Assembly.

Bloomberg noted that the courts last year, in response to a Post lawsuit, ordered the city to disclose its current Teacher Data Reports.

A New York appeals court ruled last year that a less comprehensive form of teacher evaluations used by New York City's Department of Education — known as Teacher Data Reports — must be disclosed under the state's Freedom of Information Law.

The DN accuses UFT President Michael Mulgrew of blocking efforts to release teacher data reports.

7:15 pm: Juan asks DioGuardi: The NYC Department of Education is poised to release to the public in the coming weeks Teacher Data Reports, which are based on student scores on state tests.

The bill would also require the city to regularly provide state leaders a trove of information on student and teacher data and expenditures as well as develop a facilities capital plan that identifies the 10 most overcrowded and underutilized school buildings.

It also accused the department of using teacher data reports, which, the union charged, are «based on flawed tests and [have] a margin of error of more than 50 percent.

But Tisch told the Daily News that new teacher data measuring student growth between fourth and eighth grades is due by mid-August.

The appellate division of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan ruled on Aug. 25 that the Department of Education's Teacher Data Reports should be released to the public.

The state court's Appellate Division on Nov. 15 denied the UFT's motion for leave to appeal the court's prior ruling on the public release of Teacher Data Reports.

Controversial Teacher Data Reports produced by the Department of Education in 2008 and 2009 may be released to the media in the coming weeks after the state's highest court refused to hear the UFT's appeal to block their publication.

Individual student and teacher data will remain strictly confidential.

Whether it's Waiting for «Superman» and other recent films, Oprah, NBC's Education Nation, the L.A. Times's publication of individual teacher data (and signs that something similar will soon happen in New York), or the emergence of a cadre of bona fide Democratic education reformers, tremors can be felt.

The Strategic Data Project (SDP), based at Harvard, will help states and districts assemble and analyze their student and teacher data, providing policymakers with much needed information about trends on student graduation and college - going, the effectiveness of teachers and schools, and human capital management.

The CTA has long fought against this data system: first by opposing any linkage between student and teacher data, and then (when it eventually lost that battle) by opposing the use of such data, even as just one factor, in evaluating, paying, or possibly dismissing teachers.

Protecting student and teacher data is paramount for schools.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), «Public School Teacher Data File,» 1999 - 2000, 2003 - 04, 2007 - 08, and 2011 - 12; «Private School Teacher Data File,» 1999 - 2000, 2003 - 04, 2007 - 08, and 2011 - 12; and «Charter School Teacher Data File,» 1999 - 2000.

Louisiana had been singled out for praise, time and again, by Mr. Duncan for its student and teacher data systems and the way it tracks how well teacher - preparation programs are doing.

During Wisconsin's upcoming legislative session, Gov. James E. Doyle, a Democrat, would like to see legislation making it clear that his state doesn't prohibit the linking of student and teacher data, said Lee Sessenbrenner, a spokesman.

The study by the Albert Shanker Institute, a think tank funded by the American Federation of Teachers, looked at teacher data from nine cities: Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cleveland, New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C..

After a protracted debate in the courts, the New York City Department of Education released to newspapers and other news outlets the 2007 — 2010 Teacher Data Reports for approximately 18,000 teachers.

Essentially, they are focusing on teacher licensure (and the use of TVAAS to determine continuation), protection of student and teacher data, and testing.

In addition, Jose Vilson talks about how the public release of the teacher data reports has helped mobilize teachers and anti-testing advocates in NYC.

Whether you prefer to collect teacher data using your school's current walkthrough or observation forms or decide to take advantage of existing research - based and expert models in iObservation, we offer solutions that advance — not interrupt — your mission and goals.

They want them to transform teaching and learning by giving teachers data they can use in real time, both to help students who are struggling and challenge those who are ready to move ahead.

** TEXT EDITABLE ** This Teacher Data Tracking and Grade Book pack includes ALL 3rd Grade Math and English Language Arts Common Core Standards.

He thinks that «teacher data should be out there,» especially if taxpayers are paying for it.

** NOW EDITABLE ** This Teacher Data Tracking and Grade Book pack includes ALL 4th Grade Math and English Language Arts Common Core Standards.

The highly qualified teacher data allows educators and the public to find out the percent of teachers in each state who have received waivers of state teacher quality regulations.

The highly qualified teacher data does not provide any measure of a teacher's effectiveness, nor does the data show how long a teacher has been on a waiver.

The NY Post, another subsidiary of News Corp, recently provoked controversy by publishing teacher data reports based on student test scores in its paper, and running inflammatory articles about teachers who received low scores.

E4E - NY teachers Melissa Aar, Lori Wheal, and Mariya Pushkantser each express what they think about the release of teacher data reports on a local WNET news...

The teacher data reports have been condemned by many, including high - ranking education officials, but are still a key factor in how teacher's will be rated across the state.

In the midst of a firestorm over the release of teacher data, Evan Stone reiterates that teacher growth data should be a part of a multi-measure evaluation...

MetLife Survey of the American Teacher Data from the just - released 2011 MetLife Survey of the American Teacher (PDF) now confirm what the education community has suspected: teachers are less satisfied with their jobs than they have been in decades.

E4E co-founder Evan Stone described his disappointment with a court decision to release teacher data reports in New York, a stance E4E shares with the UFT.

Metrofocus recently interviewed E4E - NY teachers Melissa Aar, Lori Wheal, and Mariya Pushkantser, among others, to ask them for their thoughts on the release of teacher data reports.

Top themes that parents are looking for included teacher data, parent and family engagement, graduation and college - preparedness, diversity, grades and test scores, and discipline and safety.

has «taken a big step towards reducing the testing mania in the nation's most populous state» by suspending funding for the student longitudinal data collection system and the associated teacher data base, according to California teacher Anthony Cody, writing in his Education Week blog.

End - of - year student placement cards offer the next year's teacher data and observations to help develop class lessons.

When New York City newspapers released teacher data reports this spring, teachers» reactions at my school ranged from slightly fearful to totally outraged.

Teachers ARE upset by student data collection; they're also upset with teacher data collection.

Both moves have guaranteed that the two unions have gotten their way on nearly every educational issue — including the passage of a law last year that bans districts from laying off teachers at the expense of fewer days in school for children in need of more time in classrooms, and Brown's decision to cancel funding for the CalTIDES teacher data system (effectively ending efforts to overhaul teacher evaluations).

Van Roekel said performance pay, charter schools and links between student and teacher data raise difficult issues for his union.

The same is true of the information in the Teacher Data Reports recently released in New York City.

Not a fan of publishing teacher data in this way - and to due so reflects on sour leadership skills from the administrative ranks at high levels.

We must be committed to protecting student and teacher data.

As we can't go into a parallel universe to check this, I did an experiment with the 2007 - 2008 and 2008 - 2009 New York City teacher data that was released in the media.

Since the passage of First to the Top legislation in 2010, as our organization has travelled across the state, we have heard from both parents and educators with concerns about the collection, use and potential misuse of student and teacher data.