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YvonneCa

(10,117 posts) Sat Oct 20, 2012, 02:58 PM Oct 2012

VAM a Disaster...

...in Florida:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/vam-the-new-teacher-evaluation-system-stirs-concern-confusion/1257409

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VAM a Disaster... (Original Post) YvonneCa Oct 2012 OP

It's a disaster *everywhere*. It's supposed to be so. Hence the term..... Smarmie Doofus Oct 2012 #1

Good point. Every teacher needs to read Shock Doctrine. proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #2

I wish that proponents of VAM would quit calling it a statistical measure, mbperrin Oct 2012 #3

GREAT point. None of the statistics produced are... YvonneCa Oct 2012 #4

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)

1. It's a disaster *everywhere*. It's supposed to be so. Hence the term.....

Reply to YvonneCa (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2012, 04:02 PM

Oct 2012

... "Disaster Capitalism".

Contrived disasters open the doors to all sorts of goodies for the predators in our midst.

proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)

2. Good point. Every teacher needs to read Shock Doctrine.

Reply to Smarmie Doofus (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 20, 2012, 07:10 PM

Oct 2012

mbperrin

(7,672 posts)

3. I wish that proponents of VAM would quit calling it a statistical measure,

Reply to YvonneCa (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 10:46 AM

Oct 2012

just because it's got a lot of unrelated, mixed-up numbers tossed together in vaguely disgusting ways.

It's a number and word salad, not any kind of valid anything at all.

But the "right" people will make $$$$$$$ from it.

YvonneCa

(10,117 posts)

4. GREAT point. None of the statistics produced are...

Reply to mbperrin (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 02:14 PM

Oct 2012

...are valid or reliable. But they talk as if they are:

Video: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2012/10/06/six-reasons-why-value-added-and-merit-pay-arent-fair-in-three-minutes/?wprss=rss_answer-sheet

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