tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618709929318397424.post1328904826137450202..comments2023-10-31T07:43:37.520-04:00Comments on NJ Left Behind: A Moment of Appreciation, PleaseNJ Left Behindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16739701636089453850noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618709929318397424.post-83046575461633121052012-08-12T19:25:25.324-04:002012-08-12T19:25:25.324-04:00"Will it be perfect? Of course not. But no ot..."Will it be perfect? Of course not. But no other profession has perfect evaluation metrics. Why should this profession be treated differently?"<br /><br />Meaningless rhetoric. All professions are treated differently from each other in myriad ways, including whether there are any metrics at all. Politics and journalism come to mind when I think of measuring quality.<br /><br />The question should not be whether it will be perfect (straw man), but rather whether it will be junk or whether it will do more harm than good in so many ways. Stretch your imagination.Bill Michaelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814400518038908587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618709929318397424.post-50875632148724542492012-08-08T17:05:15.392-04:002012-08-08T17:05:15.392-04:00"...it has to contain multiple measures."..."...it has to contain multiple measures."<br /><br />Right. And every school district in the State should custom-tweak its rubric so that when the first wave of legal challenges to tenure retractions arrives (in year three) we can have 575 unique law suits instead of one State-wide precedent.<br /><br />You really have to hand it to the crew in Trenton.kallikakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13030316064310826943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618709929318397424.post-88975685747629244022012-08-08T12:14:29.997-04:002012-08-08T12:14:29.997-04:00Good point, Kallikak, although I suppose the idea ...Good point, Kallikak, although I suppose the idea is that there's degrees of classroom proficiency that go beyond "substandard" and "not substandard." And, yes, the accuracy of the rubric is key, which is why it has to contain multiple measures.<br /><br />Will it be perfect? Of course not. But no other profession has perfect evaluation metrics. Why should this profession be treated differently?NJ Left Behindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16739701636089453850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618709929318397424.post-36561252017184674402012-08-07T18:47:44.669-04:002012-08-07T18:47:44.669-04:00Thanks to the recent economic recession, many Amer...Thanks to the recent economic recession, many Americans are now looking for more stable jobs that will weather them through times of possible financial downturn.<a href="http://hvactrainingschools.net/hvac-training-in-new-jersey/" rel="nofollow">HVAC SChools in New Jersey<br /></a>Technician 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/01842532573356646314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618709929318397424.post-18303264681327440822012-08-07T14:46:58.963-04:002012-08-07T14:46:58.963-04:00So much for photo ops.
Why should seniority be an...So much for photo ops.<br /><br />Why should seniority be an issue after substandard teachers have been purged* from the system? <br /><br />Do you really think we'll get a defensible evaluation rubric that differentiates good-better-best to that degree of precision, if at all?<br /><br />*presumably in about three yearskallikakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13030316064310826943noreply@blogger.com