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The software was actually an early warning system for students (software that detects anomalies in a student's progress). For instance, if a student suddenly st
by sgk284 16y ago
The software was actually an early warning system for students (software that detects anomalies in a student's progress). For instance, if a student suddenly started doing bad in three courses it signals different things than if a student starts doing bad in only one course.
You could normalize data to get relative values across teachers and classes. The intent was to find individual students or classes that needed more resources or attention. It was never to get people fired, but the unions fear that's how it will be used.
- deadmansshoes 16y agoIf you start measuring there will be high and low values. As soon as this happens people will look to blame someone. Parents never blame their own "angels" (or themselves), so it will be the teachers who lose out. If parents care about their children's education they can tell if a teacher is useless.