tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245075755017108343.post3087484606558789275..comments2014-06-28T13:27:39.338-04:00Comments on A 21st Century Union: Teacher evaluations to be 50% student data?Mike McCabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08443642039862453888noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245075755017108343.post-44026037480390342012010-04-28T22:39:28.701-04:002010-04-28T22:39:28.701-04:00I agree with you. There will have to be different...I agree with you. There will have to be different ways to measure different teachers who teach different programs. We can't try to create a one size fits all type of evaluation system. But as long as there is clarity on what the system is, and what students need to know and be able to do to demonstrate they've mastered what ever material it is we deem valuable to know, then I think we can create an evaluation system that is a step forward from the current one.Mike McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08443642039862453888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245075755017108343.post-78978903044558318842010-04-27T23:28:55.505-04:002010-04-27T23:28:55.505-04:00What about the teachers who have students taking t...What about the teachers who have students taking the ALT-MSA? Everyone knows (teachers, administrators, parents) that the ALT-MSA is meaningless, and if it does measure anything, it is how well the teacher assembled the package, NOT how much the student learned about so-called adapted grade level curriculum.<br />One of my autistic son's teachers spent her time drilling him on acute and obtuse angles, and Shakespeare! and Cell Division! when he was 10th grade age...when she could have been teaching him how to shelve books in a library, or fold laundry, or mop a floor. I would mightily object if it came to pass that my son's "results" on the ALT-MSA had anything to do whatsoever with her evaluation! She knows and I know that she did teach him valuable life skills that year. For him, life skills=priceless. Geometry=meaningless.Lyda Astrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17664956786417563174noreply@blogger.com