Comments for Would Mrs. O'Grady Be an Outstanding Teacher In Nicholas Kristof's Evaluation System? at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.cepr.net Thu, 23 May 2013 20:16:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/would-mrs-ogrady-be-an-outstanding-teacher-in-nicholas-kristofs-evaluation-system#comment-14269 Economists have played a big role in creating the model of "value added" education. This is an inherently problematic approach. This model assumes that an increase in a test score can be directly mapped to a teacher's "ability." Is there an objective measure of "good" teacher? "I know it when I see it," but part of the problem is separting "effective" teaching from teachers with a good "affect." Is anybody discussing this distinction? Is it possible to separate? Here are some other reality checks: 1) survey any public school, and you will often see the same teachers being requested by parents for their kids (BTW: look at any PhD econ program and you often see the same dissertation advisors being requested year after year - there's your "value added" measure). Among any school's faculty and involved set of parents, the consensus on "teachers to avoid" is often fairly consistent. 2) Pols and critics of teachers should try their hand at teaching for a sustained period of time (like ice skating, teaching looks really easy from afar). I think pols would quickly realize that "good" teaching is often a function of a "good" audience (i.e., studious pupils tend to do well). So let me know when y'all come up with a statistcially significant model of "great" teaching so I can pass it along to our school board president. - TVeblen Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:39:24 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/would-mrs-ogrady-be-an-outstanding-teacher-in-nicholas-kristofs-evaluation-system#comment-14246 [quote]Instead of turning him in, she bought several other books by the same author, which the boy subsequently stole from the library and read.[/quote] Finally, an answer of how individual irresponsibility operates from the supply side for CEOs who wrecked their companies and the country due to flawed incentive training that taught them how to be good crooks. Rules are suppressive regulations made to be broken for those seeking to join the 1%. Teach to the test so those who cheat on tests become winners-take-all. Stupid liberals. - izzatzo Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:44:30 +0100