Electricity generation from hydropower, historically the largest source of renewable electricity generation,
fluctuates from year to year because of precipitation patterns.
More specifically, the district and its teachers are not coming
to an agreement about how they should be evaluated, rightfully
because teachers understand better than most (even some VAM researchers) that these models are grossly imperfect, largely biased by the types of students non-randomly assigned
to their classrooms and schools, highly unstable (i.e., grossly
fluctuating from one
year to the next when they should remain more or less consistent over time, if reliable), invalid (i.e., they do not have face validity in that they often contradict other valid measures of teacher effectiveness), and the like.
NAR spokesperson Walt Molony told AGBeat, «Monthly membership
fluctuates because local dues cycles vary, and outside of the boom
years there generally has been a seasonal dip
from December
to January.