...someone working with troubled kids from poor backgrounds, who manages to raise their standardised test scores from an F to a C...
Such a teacher will receive a very high score according to most modern Value Added Modelling assessments (such as the one the article complains about).
In fact, it's the teachers of upper middle class kids who are hurt the most by VAM. If the VAM predictor says your student average should be 95/100, it's hard for your students to beat that by a significant margin.
Such a teacher will receive a very high score according to most modern Value Added Modelling assessments (such as the one the article complains about).
In fact, it's the teachers of upper middle class kids who are hurt the most by VAM. If the VAM predictor says your student average should be 95/100, it's hard for your students to beat that by a significant margin.