Category Archives: Teacher Evaluations

Sports Break: skills vs. effective (revisited)

Posted on May 10, 2009 by axooms

The Denver Nuggets won their first playoff series for the first time since tight shorts; are up 3-0 in the current series, and Charles Barkley has them picked as the team to beat: The reason? You know the reason. We’re talking … Continue reading →

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Teacher Identifier bill going through

Posted on May 7, 2009 by axooms

It’s on the way to the gov. And it passed the State House unanimously. I’ll confess: I love data.  Despite all the fuss on ProComp being “groundbreaking,” it was (and remains) data-lite. I still think the most important development in … Continue reading →

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Choose your error

Posted on April 11, 2009 by axooms

Everyone aspires to systems that have no errors, but in truth most systems we design choose which errors they prefer. The most basic difference is between Type I and Type II errors. A Type I error is a false positive – the … Continue reading →

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Stimulus money and teacher evaluations

Posted on April 10, 2009 by axooms

Teacher evaluations have been a topic on these pages recently.  Here’s what an editorial in the New York Times has to say: Mr. Duncan made a wise move by requiring states to finally publish data on their teacher evaluation systems — and … Continue reading →

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