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That's why I think it might work for finding the bottom 10%. Those are the ones you want to fire. If a teacher is in the bottom 30% (and in danger of getting in
by wisty 14y ago
That's why I think it might work for finding the bottom 10%. Those are the ones you want to fire. If a teacher is in the bottom 30% (and in danger of getting in to the bottom 10%), you probably want them behaving like robots (teaching the test, following set procedures). If they are competent (most teachers are) you want them to manage themselves, as heavy incentives will just screw up their behavior.
- intended 14y agoYour search for the bottom ten percent will put in place mechanisms that will affect the behavior of the remaining 90. You underestimate the ability of people to use such systems to end up enforcing a stifling uniform and grey mediocrity. Turn it on its head - if you switched the voting on HN to find the worst commentors, instead of bringing the best up top - what would happen.
- cmccabe 14y ago"If you switched the voting on HN to find the worst commentors, instead of bringing the best up top - what would happen?" It would become Reddit?