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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who cares about her she made changes that flopped and took credit for test scores rising when there was cheating going on....NEXT[/quote]

Doesn't matter.  Her legacy will be IMPACT.  Now we can actually pay good teachers well, and fire shitty teachers.  That's worth whatever the cost we paid.  Everything else was window dressing.[/quote]

IMPACT evaluates how well teachers adhere to a formula and how successful they are at raising standardized test scores. As such, it is useful for identifying a specific kind of teacher, though not necessarily a good one. A robot with a good eraser would be evaluated quite well by IMPACT.

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Oh, and by the way, this is objectively false. Here you leave the reader with the impression here that IMPACT is solely a matter of test scores.  In reality, the largest component of the IMPACT is in-person evaluations by their peers, principals, and external Master Educators.

[quote]Under IMPACT, all DCPS teachers receive five evaluations and debriefs throughout the school year -- three by their supervisors or principals, and two by external "Master Educators" who have expertise in the teacher's subject and grade level. Teachers are scored against an extensive rubric that measures a variety of factors corresponding to the DCPS "teaching and learning framework." The $4 million system is designed to provide data-based feedback to educators, and its year-long development included input from more than 500 teachers and school-based staff. Yet some teachers have complained that the system is confusing, and that it was poorly implemented.
So what exactly do the teachers think? Overall, it sounds like a large majority of teachers who responded to the survey felt they didn't receive enough training to understand IMPACT or what was expected of them under it, but most teachers also agreed with the ratings they received.[/quote]

http://dcist.com/2010/07/what_teachers_think_about_impact.php

You'd have to be pretty cynical to believe a robot with an eraser would get high marks from the five different humans who participate in the evaluation process.[/quote]

Oh boy. Sorry for such a large quote but I wasn't sure how to straighten this out otherwise. PP, before you declare my statement to have been "objectively false", I suggest that you read it a little more carefully. Had you done so, you would have noticed that I write this:

"IMPACT evaluates how well teachers adhere to a formula..."

It's right there up above. Look and you will see it.

Then, to show that my post is "objectively false" you quote this:

"Teachers are scored against an extensive rubric that measures a variety of factors corresponding to the DCPS 'teaching and learning framework.'"

So, please explain the difference between my statement and your quote. Also, maybe spend some time reading the "teaching and learning framework". Then, you would understand the potential of success for robots.
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