Amara Pinnock, a D.C. elementary teacher, takes on value-added evaluations, saying they don't properly assess factors that teachers can control. "We cannot expect teachers to be the sole proprietors of student achievement, when there are societal issues, like massive poverty and social inequality, facing our students every day," Pinnock writes. "Instead, teachers (and frankly, schools) should be evaluated on the inputs they utilize to increase student learning. Are they capitalizing on available opportunities to improve their students' achievement? Are they able to use data effectively to advance their students' learning? Can a teacher create and teach high-quality units, evaluate her students, see where the students lack mastery, and re-teach and re-test as necessary?" Read more in her latest post, "Evaluate Teachers on What Thy Can Control, Not on What They Can't."
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