Today's Washington Post ran an important story reporting on new research calling into question the use of high-stakes student testing in teacher evaluation.
"In the first large-scale analysis of new systems that evaluate teachers based partly on student test scores, two researchers found little or no correlation between quality teaching and the appraisals teachers received.
The study, published Tuesday in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association, is the latest in a growing body of research that has cast doubt on whether it is possible for states to use empirical data in identifying good and bad teachers..." (read more)
This comes on the heels of a policy statement last month from the American Statistical Association recommending against the use of standardized tests in teacher evaluation.
When will the politicians and policy makers put the rhetoric aside and start paying attention to the research?
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