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Pioneered in California, publishing teacher "effectiveness" rankings draws more criticism

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March 28, 2012

Louis Freedberg

EdSource

This EdSource post discusses the myriad problems with publishing teacher rankings, which even many supporters of value-added teacher evaluation question.

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Linda Darling-Hammond

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Value-added evaluation hurts teaching

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In this Education Week article Linda Darling-Hammond writes that value-added models are poor tools for evaulating teacher effectiveness and improving student achivement and mentions some effective alternatives.

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Student Assessment and Standards

Teacher Assessment and Development