All of us involved in the case — recall that Jesse Rothstein and I served as the expert witnesses
on behalf of the plaintiffs, and Thomas Kane of the Measures of
Effective Teaching (MET) Project and John Friedman of the infamous Chetty et al. studies (see here and here) served as the expert witnesses
on behalf of the defendants — knew that all of the plaintiffs»
claims would be tough to win given all of the constitutional legal standards would be difficult for plaintiffs to satisfy (e.g., that evaluating teachers using their value - added scores was not «unreasonable» was difficult to prove, as it was in the Tennessee case we also fought and was then dismissed
on similar grounds (see here)-RRB-.
Lubin & Meyer continually strives to prepare and present the most
effective and persuasive trial presentation
on behalf of its clients using the most sophisticated technological advances, leading experts and intensive preparation to maximize the chances for a successful outcome of each
claim.
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