My favorite point is:
Know that these tests are part of a movement to privatize public education by convincing parents that our children are underperforming, compared with other countries, and a massive restructuring of the public education system is the only thing that will save the future of the US; this would involve higher standards, better teachers (which requires a de-unionized teaching force), more charter schools, vouchers for private schools, and market-based methods to make parents consumers of "public" education; they say that this is needed because of the "new" US economy, where because of economic and labor policies, we have an increasingly bimodal distribution of jobs (you are either a Walmart Greeter or a Scientist, with few solid working- and lower-middle class options left);
Parents ARIS link here.
But remember, these test scores were rigged to look bad by the NYSED and the Regents.
It's part of their plan to demonize public schools and privatize the system.
They ratcheted up the difficulty levels by two grades, they added more questions then can be completed in the time allotted and they wrote purposely confusing questions with more than one answer to make things even more difficult students
These test scores have no bearing on how well your child is doing in school.
None.
Just read this on DOE site. I thought the test data IS being used this school year to assess teachers. Below,says the opposite, no?
ReplyDelete"Teachers:
As the new teacher evaluation system will begin in 2013-14, this year’s data will not negatively impact teacher growth scores"
Is,data used this,school year in assessments, or not?
My reading of the MOSL FAQ is that these scores will be used as the baselines for next year's growth measurements on the local and states measures.
DeleteSo the scores are like Herpes they spread in all directions.
ReplyDeleteBetter than a goatee, I suppose...
DeleteRemain calm and trust the NYSED! (Not!!!)
ReplyDeleteR.B.E....so data THIS year can't result in the automatic "I" ?
ReplyDeleteI looked at the MOSL FAQ this afternoon. These test scores are from 2012-2013. Teachers were under the old system then - test scores were not part of the evaluation. They are going to be used as the baseline for next year's scores (2013-2014.) Since Tisch and King say next year's scores are going to go up (and remember, they were the ones who magically made them go down), that should be good news for 3-8 teachers. But here's the rub of it - how will they calculate growth? From what I looked at today (and I will be reading it more carefully tomorrow), they're not going to give us the calculation formulas until after school starts. Could be as late as November - that's like the anon above wrote, they want us to "trust" them...
DeleteThey call your "calculation formulas", "targets"...I believe. Figures....
ReplyDeleteTargets on the backs of teachers. And yet, I wonder what the margins of error on these will be?
DeleteI would suggest that teachers should be wary of the effect of the Common Core tests --which we should label these tests.
ReplyDeleteRecall that DOE has principals follow quotas, just as the NYPD has police follow quotas. They will probably signal which teachers are due to be labeled as weaker than the others.
There will probably be a weeding of certain teachers vs. other teachers.
So, yes, watch this year. These scores probably will be used against teachers.
I agree - this is partly created to set up a dog eat dog culture in school buildings. Administrators vs. teachers, now teachers vs. teachers...
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