The rapidly changing debate on how to account for student achievement in teacher evaluations is putting teacher-district relationships to the test across the country. More than half the states now ...

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Congratulations for the excellent, comprehensive series concerning the value-added method (devised in Ohio by SAS Institute Inc.) which will greatly affect the evaluation of our teachers, schools and ...

Last week, a report was released saying that "value-added" formulas based on standardized test scores to evaluate teachers are unreliable and should not be used as a major factor in teacher assessment ...