kitchen table math, the sequel: NYT article

Thursday, March 20, 2008

NYT article

I'm on semi-hiaitus from blogging, but I had to come out of my hole to highlight this article in the New York Times:

Bill Would Bar Linking Class Test Scores to Tenure
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: March 18, 2008
While the state was consumed by the downfall of Eliot Spitzer last week, the Assembly passed a bill that would pre-emptively bar New York City and other school districts from linking teacher tenure to students’ test scores.

Read the rest here.

There's not much more to say, other than how appalling this is.

1 comment:

Catherine Johnson said...

oh yeah

already saw it

meanwhile my middle school uses score on the state test to place kids in algebra in 8th grade

you have to get a "4" to be allowed into the course