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Regarding stating goals clearly: The problem is that the real goal is something like "maximize future student happiness" or perhaps "maximize future student in
by nialo 14y ago
Regarding stating goals clearly: The problem is that the real goal is something like "maximize future student happiness" or perhaps "maximize future student income", and any set of test goals is therefore necessarily an approximation. I think that if you want to make this argument, and it seems like a reasonable one, the thing that actually needs to be shown is that some specific set of easy to write down test scores does a reasonable job as an approximation, or at least could in principle if one could just find the correct test.
- yummyfajitas 14y ago...the thing that actually needs to be shown is that some specific set of easy to write down test scores does a reasonable job as an approximation... All we really need is to believe that it's a better approximation than the alternative, which is currently something along the lines of 0.5 x Principal's Opinion + 0.5 x Union Seniority (at best).
- nialo 14y agoI personally think I agree that it is a better approximation. I'm just trying to help get the discussion pointed in the right direction. My main point is that I think it's better to frame this as "this is a better approximation" than as "reading is the goal". That's all.