by Carol A. Josel | Jul 14, 2014 | Quotable Quotes
** “The American Statistical Association just slammed the high-stakes ‘value-added method’ (VAM) of evaluating teachers that has been increasingly embraced in states as part of school reform efforts. VAM purports to be able to take student...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 25, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
** “There is an obsession with bad teachers. It is destroying the teaching profession.” ~ Diane Ravitch, education historian ** “Right now we have a misalignment. Testing now has replaced instruction, and that’s a bad place for us to...
