In case you missed it, the Los Angeles Times reported this story over the weekend, diving in to using value-added student test scores as a way to look at teacher performance. The teachers in the article, all identified with their real names, and real student test scores, responded to their respective test scores in a reflective manner, taking to heart if scores weren’t stellar. The local union affiliate, United Teachers Los Angeles, responded by encouraging members to boycott the paper.
This is relevant given the continued interest across the country to include student performance as measured on standardized tests in teacher evaluations (locally too, even). And there’s the whole Race to the Top factor (points were awarded for including student data in evaluations).
So what do you think?
