Sentences with phrase «inaccurate measure of teacher performance»

The union vociferously argues that state standardized test scores are an inaccurate measure of teacher performance.

Not exact matches

Critics of NCLB's testing and accountability requirements have a litany of complaints: The tests are inaccurate, schools and teachers should not be responsible for the test performance of unprepared or unmotivated students, the measure of school inadequacy used under NCLB is misleading, the tests narrow the curriculum to what is being tested, and burdens imposed upon teachers and administrators are excessively onerous.

The same concept applies to using differences in teachers» measured performance across different sections (e.g. at the secondary level, where teachers often teach multiple sections of the same subject) to gauge the extent to which measurement error may lead to inaccurate assessments.