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What about a 'before' and 'after' testing system instead?

• nithyad 16y ago
  The '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 ago
    A 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 ago
      Good 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 ago
        This is a solved problem. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_modeling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_modeling
        • nithyad 16y ago
          Thanks for the link. This is interesting. Why aren't more schools adopting it?