Sentences with phrase «controversial teacher data»
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.
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Yet according to those readers who voted in the Education Next poll («Best and Worst Developments for K - 12 Education»), the release of data on teacher performance by the L.A. Times was the most controversial event.
That's because, at least in part, some feel the competition focuses too much on evaluating teachers and highlighting data — policies that are controversial on their own.
The most controversial of them include what is known as value - added models1 that use data from standardized tests of students as part of the overall measure of the effect that a teacher has on student achievement.
Value - added is a controversial statistical method that relies on test - score data to determine a teacher's effectiveness.