Recently, the Center for American Progress (disclosure: I have a report coming out through them soon) released a report in … More
Category: Test Scores & Teacher Evaluation
An Update on New Jersey’s SGPs: Year 2 – Still not valid!
I have spent much time criticizing New Jersey’s Student Growth Percentile measures over the past few years, both conceptually and … More
The Value Added & Growth Score Train Wreck is Here
In case you hadn’t noticed evidence is mounting of a massive value-added and growth score train wreck. I’ve pointed out … More
Rebutting (again) the Persistent Flow of Disinformation on VAM, SGP and Teacher Evaluation
This post is in response to testimony overheard from recent presentations to the New Jersey State Board of Education. For … More
Deconstructing Disinformation on Student Growth Percentiles & Teacher Evaluation in New Jersey
CROSS-POSTED FROM: http://njedpolicy.wordpress.com/ Deconstructing Disinformation on Student Growth Percentiles & Teacher Evaluation in New Jersey (Printable Policy Brief): SGP_Disinformation_BakerOluwole Bruce … More
Friday AM Graphs: Just how biased are NJ’s Growth Percentile Measures (school level)?
New Jersey finally released the data set of its school level growth percentile metrics. I’ve been harping on a few … More
Briefly Revisiting the Central Problem with SGPs (in the creator’s own words)
When I first criticized the use of SGPs for teacher evaluation in New Jersey, the creator of the Colorado Growth … More
On Misrepresenting (Gates) MET to Advance State Policy Agendas
In my previous post I chastised state officials for their blatant mischaracterization of metrics to be employed in teacher evaluation. … More
Who will be held responsible when state officials are factually wrong? On Statistics & Teacher Evaluation
While I fully understand that state education agencies are fast becoming propaganda machines, I’m increasingly concerned with how far this … More
Gates Still Doesn’t Get It! Trapped in a World of Circular Reasoning & Flawed Frameworks
Not much time for a thorough review of the most recent release of the Gates MET project, but here are … More
