Comments on: What teachers want http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/08/what-teachers-want/ Free-linking and thinking on education by Joanne Jacobs Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:13:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Andy Freeman http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/08/what-teachers-want/#comment-75193 Andy Freeman Sat, 10 May 2008 22:33:39 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/08/what-teachers-want/#comment-75193 Why shouldn't teachers be evaluted by the difference that they make in student achievement? Why should they be evaluated on anything else? Why shouldn’t teachers be evaluted by the difference that they make in student achievement? Why should they be evaluated on anything else?

]]> By: Polski3 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/08/what-teachers-want/#comment-75185 Polski3 Sat, 10 May 2008 18:51:49 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/08/what-teachers-want/#comment-75185 How many teachers are "professionally" evaluated by someone who has spent mere minutes in their classrooms, who has not taught in years (if at all) and who does not know the students ? How many teachers are “professionally” evaluated by someone who has spent mere minutes in their classrooms, who has not taught in years (if at all) and who does not know the students ?

]]> By: Bill http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/08/what-teachers-want/#comment-75072 Bill Thu, 08 May 2008 17:34:47 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/08/what-teachers-want/#comment-75072 "Support for linking pay to test scores has dropped since 2003; only half of teachers want their effectiveness judged based on their students’ progress." Of course, we wouldn't want anything that might smack of actual objective measurement to be part of the process. That might lead to something unprecedented, like actually improving the educational process. The horror of it all..... “Support for linking pay to test scores has dropped since 2003; only half of teachers want their effectiveness judged based on their students’ progress.”

Of course, we wouldn’t want anything that might smack of actual objective measurement to be part of the process. That might lead to something unprecedented, like actually improving the educational process.

The horror of it all…..

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