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Education

Goblinmonger

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2. As someone involved in the new teacher effectiveness process,

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2016, 04:47 PM

Jan 2016

it's a joke. We are creating numbers for the sake of numbers. I still close my door and make students learn, but what they are trying to get proof of is not what they really want. It's just more hoop jumping to make those that know nothing about education happy.

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How Measurement Fails Doctors and Teachers [View all] elleng Jan 2016 OP

everything should be run KT2000 Jan 2016 #1

As someone involved in the new teacher effectiveness process, Goblinmonger Jan 2016 #2

More kowtowing to the dubious policy of applying business metric everywhere. Half-Century Man Jan 2016 #3