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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Should your evaluation be made public?[/quote]

Fair question. But I'm an editor of a rather obscure trade journal, the public has no real need to know about my competence.

Let's say you and I are both surgeons at a publicly financed hospital. According to our evaluations, you have world-class skills and a perfect success record. I am barely competent. Don't patients have a right to choose between us based on that information?[/quote]

NP here...
The question is... WHO is determining that one has world-class skills and the other is barely competent?  Who is doing the evaluations?
If you are using ONLY “survival” statistics or other such information, they can be deceptive.  Some doctors may have better stats in terms of patient recovery because the patients they treat are healthier to begin with.  If you are using less objective evaluation data, that can be deceptive as well.

This is the issue with evaluating teachers.  If we only use achievement data, some teachers teach in schools where students will learn DESPITE the teacher because of their family backgrounds, whereas other teachers may do an incredible job, but their achievement scores are not as good because they are working with students who have learning problems or who come from poverty.  And, if we rely on the evaluation of a principal or other supervisor, those are less objective.

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