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Major compromise in works on evaluation bill
Written by Todd Engdahl on Apr 20th, 2010. | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.org
We’ve been hearing a lot about using standardized test results as measures of student achievement, including yearly growth. Is anyone discussing how that looks for all the classes that are not part of standardized testing? Social studies? Science (most years)? Foreign language? Drama? Music? PE? Health? Art? Technology? Etc, etc. What about specialists – media center, resource teachers, title 1, special ed, etc – who may not even have their own classroom? It seems that the biggest/only measure can only be used for math and reading/writing. How will this be handled with equity for all teacher evaluations?
Good points Jen, also how does this apply in situations such as Day Treatment facilities or self contained classrooms for students with emotional disorders, where what is considered student growth and achievement look much different?
This would all be well and good if our society would value education more, and parents would demand that their children stay in school and graduate. Send me children who are not hungry and who can afford supplies, and are not worried about the economy, and I will be able to be judged by my peers. The judging part is difficult. Who will judge the teachers? Other teachers or successful businessmen who have not been a part of the educational process for thirty years?