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We need better ways to grade teachers than going by student performance in tests.
by nithyad 16y ago
We need better ways to grade teachers than going by student performance in tests.
- lwat 16y agoWhat about a 'before' and 'after' testing system instead?
- nithyad 16y agoThe 'Before' and 'After' system can work well for coaching. But good teaching is not necessarily coaching students to produce better results in tests. According to me, a good teacher will help students gain an interest in the subject, appreciate the subject better which in-turn helps you perform better. A student is capable of flunking in-spite of being taught well. In my opinion teachers should be assessed by parents and the management by having a system where every now and then parents are allowed to be part of the class.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoA student is capable of flunking in-spite of being taught well. Absolutely. This is why you don't evaluate teacher performance based on a sample size of 1. If only teachers had a statistically significant number of students (e.g., 40+) every year! Then this process of evaluating them based on student performance wouldn't be so hopeless!
- nithyad 16y agoGood results don't necessarily imply good teaching either. If it's a class of 40 reasonably motivated and intelligent students they would all perform well irrespective of how they were taught.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoThis is a solved problem. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_modeling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_modeling
- nithyad 16y agoThanks for the link. This is interesting. Why aren't more schools adopting it?
- rmc 16y agoWhy? What's wrong with student tests? What would you suggest?
- nithyad 16y agoYou can check my answer below. But I am myself not convinced that is the best method.