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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]17:39, please explain why the test scores didn't go up over 10% as promised by Rhee and her staff on the Race to the Top application.[/quote]
I don't know, and I don't care why.  [b]I don't know how they could make such a promise since the scores are really out of their direct control.  But I do think the only way to improve scores is to improve your pool of teachers. [/b] And if that means terminating the bottom 5%, I don't see why that's such a problem.

Also, even assuming the 5% of teachers DCPS terminated were completely ineffective, and assuming DCPS successfully replaced them with effective teachers (two big assumptions), then that's only a drop in the statistical bucket and likely would lead to only a small improvement in scores across the entire District.  Maybe what DCPS was counting on to improve scores was a huge jump in "minimally effective" teachers using their second chance to work really hard and improve themselves, so they will become "effective"?[/quote]

Ludicrous.[/quote]

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