New York – New York City has released the rankings of thousands of public school teachers who were rated on their ability to affect students’ progress on standardized tests.
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The rankings track 18,000 math and English public school teachers from fourth through eighth grades
The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/zlsFQL ) reports that three years of ratings were released. They’re based on how students progressed from one year to the next. The rankings gauge the extent to which their teachers were responsible for the students’ progress.
The release of the information comes after a yearlong legal battle with the United Federation of Teachers. It sued unsuccessfully to keep the names confidential.
School administrators, teachers and others have criticized the Teacher Data Reports. Critics say there are large margins of error and factual errors or omissions.
Great idea!
They should implement this in the Yeshivas and Bais Yakovs too.
(con’t)
I cannot stress it enough, that no matter WHAT school a kid goes to:
There is **NO** substitution for parents who are INVOLVED in their kid’s education, who make sure their kids are doing their homework like they’re supposed to, who take the time to know who the teachers are & to stay in communication w\them & to work out education plans together.
Don’t just assume because the school has some fancy computer lab, offers 2nd language learning at an elementary level, or rates the highest in the district in test scores, (ALL of which my son’s PUBLIC SCHOOL offers, thank you very much)… the kid will for sure turn out to be a Rhodes Scholar one day! He won’t, if he’s not motivated, or if YOU (the parent) aren’t involved!
And besides… a lot of private schools are NOT that fancy! (lol)
There can be really GREAT public schools out there & really ghetto private ones! You all know it’s true! So just paying tuition & being able to SAY your kid is “privately educated”, isn’t a guarantee of anything!
I think it’s GREAT if a family can put their kids in private school! Just don’t assume your kids will come out knowing MORE or being MORE successful, than other people’s kids!
If you have a lousy student or a lousy child and tried everything, then it’s not your fault.
There was an ad put out by the Teachers’ Union with compelling evidence about how flawed the teacher rating system was. It was very compelling.
When our teachers will get paid the same as public school teachers then we can demand the same. For what we’re paying teachers, it’s luck that our kids learn anything at all. Think about how much of our tuition goes to the teacher.