http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/02/24/teacher-data-reports-are-released
So these were released. The state evaluations on teachers were made public despite many thinking it was a terrible idea to release them. Why would you not want to release data? Is it because it undermines the collaborative nature of teaching? Is it because creating competition between teachers is a bad thing for students? Nah. It's because the results of the rankings have a margin of error between 33% and 53%! Fifty-three percent.
That's not even in the ballpark of accurate. Yet, they're still released, and the plan is still to use these numbers as a basis to develop merit pay. Can anyone tell me on what planet this makes sense?
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