The new teacher evaluations are usually quite complex and are beginning to generate a whole new industry for corporate reformers to tap into. Race to the Top was designed in such a way that most of the grant/bribe money states and school systems received could not be used for hiring teachers or purchasing books and supplies; instead, billions of dollars are being poured into trainings, consultants, committees, and study groups in order to create and implement the required new evaluations and Common Core curriculum. Experienced school administrators have even been required to attend trainings run by consultants who have never worked in schools in order to learn how to implement these new evaluation systems. Educators are being treated like they don't know anything about educating kids, and oftentimes these new evaluations are being created by people who really don't know anything about educating kids.
- Companies, Nonprofits Making Millions Off Teacher Effectiveness Push
- Nearly Half of States Link Teacher Evaluations to Tests
- Standardized Tests and Teacher Accountability: The Research
- Battle Brewing on Capitol Hill over Testing, Teacher Evaluation, and School Accountability
- Problems with the Use of Student Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers
- Principals Protest Role of Testing in Evaluations
- Focus on Standardized Tests May Be Pushing Some Teachers to Cheat
- Getting Teacher Evaluation Right
Update 3/11/12: The NY Times decided to publish teacher rankings based on standardized testing in February of 2012. This is another trend that is likely take off with test-based evaluations.
- City Teacher Data Reports are Released [NYTimes Attempts to Justify Participation in Witch Hunt]
- Reign of Error: The Publication of Teacher Data Reports in New York City
- New York City's Flawed Data Fuels the Right's War on Teachers
- More on the Utter Stupidity of NYC's Value-Added Machinations
added 4/5/12: Storm and Fury: Teacher Evaluation Stirs a Ruckus
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