Showing posts with label Sheri Lederman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sheri Lederman. Show all posts
Monday, December 28, 2015

Teacher Accountability Systems Need Accountability Too

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Some drivel in the Wall Street Journal this morning that Cuomo is caving on "accountability"  for teachers - they're very sad...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Board Of Regents Will Form Panel To "Consider Improvements" To Cuomo's APPR Teacher Evaluation System

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From the "Putting Lipstick On A Pig" file: The state Board of Regents will form a panel to consider improvements to the state...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Cuomo Backs Appeal Process For APPR Teracher Evaluation System

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It seems that even Governor Cuomo knows that his APPR teacher evaluation system, with its dramatic shifts in VAM scores and teachers getting...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

How Does Governor Cuomo Defend His Irrational Teacher Evaluation System

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This story is behind a paywall at Capital NY but here's the summary from their morning email update: GOOD TEACHERS, POOR SCHOOLS? DIS...
Saturday, September 5, 2015

MaryEllen Elia Is Open To Delaying Cuomo's Harmful Teacher Evaluation System

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Karen DeWitt at North Country Public Radio: New York State’s education commissioner said she is open to granting waivers to delay new te...
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Thursday, September 3, 2015

How Does NYSED Explain Sheri Lederman's VAM Scores?

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Sheri Lederman is suing the state over her VAM. In 2012-2013, she received 14 out of 20 on her VAM score as part of the APPR teacher evalu...
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Saturday, August 15, 2015

More Things Wrong With VAM

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Sheri and Bruce Lederman argued before a judge this week that VAM was "irrational...a rating created in a black box that spit out pred...
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The Irrationality Of New York State's VAM Scores

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Carol Burris has a piece in the Washington Post about Sheri Lederman's case against NYSED over her VAM score, which went from 14 out of...
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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Cuomo Thinks Sheri Lederman And Teachers Like Her Should Be Fired

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From the Capital NY Morning Education email: —At a separate event on Wednesday, when asked about a specific lawsuit from a teacher over ...
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Thursday, April 16, 2015

NYSED: Test Results Will Be Used In Teacher Evaluations No Matter The Percentage Of Opt-Outs

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From the United To Counter The Core Facebook page: Over 150,000 with 52% of districts reporting. Estimated 357 of 384 will not make 95% ...
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Saturday, February 21, 2015

NYSED Can't Come Up With The Data To Show Why Sheri Lederman Is "Ineffective" On The APPR Test Component

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The Times-Union covers the Sheri Lederman story: In Sheri Lederman's 18 years of teaching, failing her students has never been a conc...
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Friday, January 23, 2015

NYSUT President Magee Calls Cuomo's Tying Of School Funding To Passage Of His Reforms "Criminal"

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From State of Politics: New York State United Teachers President Karen Magee in an interview on WCNY’s The Capitol Pressroom knocked Cuom...
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Friday, January 16, 2015

Here's How The UFT And NYSUT Can Frame An Argument Against Cuomo's Teacher Evaluation Reforms

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Arthur Goldstein, chapter leader at Francis Lewis High School, posted the following on his blog this morning about UFT President Mike Mulgr...
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Friday, January 9, 2015

Cuomo And Tisch Double Down On Test-Based Evaluations As The Insanity Of APPR Goes National

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Here is the best pushback against the coming reform effort from Governor Andrew Cuomo and Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch - the story of She...
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