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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exactly ^ I left a high poverty school because I was told I would never be scored fairly because the ME's would not be able to justify any high scores. Since I have been at my new school, I have been highly effective with no problems.[/quote]

This happens to A LOT of DC teachers a teacher's IMPACT will read as if she's a bumbling illiterate who drools and has a tick.

The next year she'll be a highly effective hero at a high performing school.

This is an issue Henderson and Kamras need to look at honestly as the issue is OBVIOUS and the evaluation system needs to be tweaked so that it's fair and doesn't send teachers running for the hills.[/quote]

DO you really think Henderson and Kamras -- and many others in DCPS administration and city government --- don't already know this?  Of course they know it -- how could they not?  The question is why do they perpetuate this system?  Are they in some kind of weird denial?  Is there something in it for them to perpetuate a system that  is turning out -- under their watch -- just as all the critics and nay-sayers said it would?   If so, What?  why do they remain on staff in the midst of this debacle?[/quote]

Great questions! Of course they know this.

What's interesting is that the independent study that was released recently noted that 'the highly effective teachers are in the schools with lower poverty which results in higher student achievement for those kids. DC needs highly effective teachers in every school-not concentrated in the wealthier areas' (paraphrase) It was laughable to me on the one hand; understandable that an outsider didn't get it on the other.

My question is will they FINALLY be transparent and fix the issue or simply allow for a manipulation of data.

I may be an optimist or a fool, but I've been very impressed with DCPS' willingness to be real about the work that needs to be done, willingness to listen and to actually make changes based on what they hear. (This is one of the reasons I'm surprised they haven't addressed the IMPACT teacher effectiveness flaw). They strike me as an earnest bunch who really mean well and want to get this right for the children of DC. It's such a HUGE job filled with so many pitfall. They've got a way to go but have made some inroads. IMPACT is such a low hanging fruit I can't understand why they're playing blind.[/quote]

You must be a DCPS administrator? This was a flaw from the start not to mention VAM; they are only just publishing it because they can no longer fudge the truth, it was pretty obvious for most people from the start. It's common sense. [/quote]

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