Pioneered in California, publishing teacher "effectiveness" rankings draws more criticism
This EdSource post discusses the myriad problems with publishing teacher rankings, which even many supporters of value-added teacher evaluation question.
This EdSource post discusses the myriad problems with publishing teacher rankings, which even many supporters of value-added teacher evaluation question.
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.
In this PDK article, leading researchers weigh in on value-added measures of teacher assessment.
California faces more cuts in education funding but, as Linda Darling-Hammond writes in this San Francisco Chronicle op-ed, Californians are willing to pay higher taxes to support education.
This story in the Silicon Valley Education Foundation blog TOP-Ed, reports on the appointment of Linda Darling-Hammond by Gov. Brown to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
Wendy Kopp, Tom Vander Ark, and Linda Darling-Hammond advised on measures to identify a school’s success turning out college-ready (and life-ready) students.
Linda Darling-Hammond has been named the 2010 recipient of the Brock International Prize in Education. This prestigious prize is given annually to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the science and art of education.