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Originally posted by baltassoc
I don't think this is true. I think you know they were good teachers, and you know that because of your interaction with them. You don't need the test results to tell you that.
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I can make a good guess but you never know until you see the tests. I have been really wrong about employees. I am sure everyone on this board goes through this. They seem great in the interview and then they just suck. I am sure some teachers just don't come off well to other adults but are good at getting students to learn.
Testing may not be perfect, but do you know of another way to determine if the teachers are actually teaching?
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Originally posted by baltassoc
I think that evaluating a teacher takes more than just a test. And there is more to be taught than reading and math (or any other discrete subject). A precurser to that is often teaching people how to learn. And teaching people to love learning.
None of which changes the travesty that a full 50% of the students in America are below average.
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I disagree in that it would be nice to teach people to love learning, and how to learn, but right now they are not learning. If a teacher can't teach their students to improve their reading, writing and math skills, then nothing else matters. Testing is a pretty simple way to determine that. I can't see any other way of getting rid of bad eggs and demanding better results than testing. Can you?
