Sentences with phrase «caution against teacher»

Concern # 1: Educational research and researchers strongly caution against teacher evaluation approaches like New York State

In a recent conversation at my school, a student cautioned me against teachers weighing in too heavily.

Not exact matches

The caution is against replacing the old set of abstractions, brought to the learning situation by the student, with a new set of abstractions chosen on the basis of a pattern apparent only to the person in charge, i.e., the teacher.

Susan Stark, the chapter leader at PS 88 in Ridgewood, Queens, said more than 100 teachers, paras, guidance counselors, parents and students turned out to demonstrate in front of the school — wearing yellow hardhats with a sign stating «Caution: Protecting Our School Against Cuomo.»

Mr. Gbadago further cautioned teachers at the basic school level against charging such similar fees from students.

In a recent New York Times opinion piece even Bill Gates, a harsh critic of the old system of teacher evaluation, cautions against shaming educators by publishing teacher scores in the media.

Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, cautioned Black against trying to get a laugh next time around.

On the other hand, she cautions against accountability structures that do not simultaneously boost supports for teachers to improve their craft.

While these approaches could lead to large cost savings, and there are some approaches that would only affect teachers with many more years left in the profession, as a general rule I would caution states against cutting benefits.

Hoyt also cited a recent policy statement by the American Educational Research Association that cautions against using value - added data in teacher evaluations and for high - stakes purposes.

We caution, however, against using technology for technology's sake, and encourage faculty and preservice teachers to consider if the technology is allowing them to learn in a way they could not without the technology or if they are at least learning in a more meaningful way.

The blog of the Albert Shanker Institute, endowed by the American Federation of Teachers, praised the study as «one of the most dense, important and interesting analyses on this topic in a very long time» — although it cautioned against policy conclusions (of the kind that I'm reaching).

Researcher Bruce Baker cautions against using VAMs even when test scores count less than 50 % of a teacher's final evaluation.

To help teachers successfully fulfill their role in this endeavor, effective teacher supervision and evaluation systems that inform teacher professional development and improve instruction are essential; however, disagreement over what those systems should measure remains, and some researchers caution against relying on student test scores as a valid metric (Baker et al, 2010)

The American Educational Research Association became the latest organization to caution against using value - added models — complex algorithms that attempt to measure a teacher's impact on student test scores — to evaluate teachers and principals.

Even those who champion value - added measures caution against using them as the sole means of evaluating teachers.

The preservice teachers also cautioned against overuse.

A report from the state's Commission on Teacher Credentialing cautioned against comparing the pass rates.

That vote failed on partisan lines, but Rep. Rosa Gill, a Wake County Democrat and retired math teacher, cautioned lawmakers against expanding voucher spending in the absence of data that suggest the program has been successful.

He cautioned against a wide range of disempowering practices that exist, not only within our teacher education programs, but also within the practices of reading teacher education researchers themselves.

And head teachers» leader John Dunford has already cautioned against ranking systems that downgrade schools working hard in the toughest areas.

However, one critic of the report cautions against making too much of its findings because the report fails to delineate what students actually experience at various teacher prep programs at colleges and universities throughout the nation.

As per Rothstein's testimony (again summarized by Pew) he cautioned «against placing too much weight on the «value - added models» now being used by many states to try to determine the impact of a teacher on student learning.

Nonetheless, Grissom and Redding cautioned against blaming the race gap only on White teacher bias.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, however, cautioned against making assumptions about the future.

Both the American Statistical Association, which is the largest organization in the United States representing statisticians and related professionals, and the American Educational Research Association have questioned the validity of using standardized test scores to measure teacher effectiveness and cautioned against using them for such purposes.

Teachers» unions and some supporters caution against placing too much weight on student exams.