Hi Jerry,
-=> On 11 Jul 97  20:55:51 Jerry Schwartz said to Andrew Grillet <=-
 AG> We are in the middle of an intense political row in which the teachers'
 AG> unions are vigorously opposing the idea that teachers be sacked just 
 AG> because they are incompetent.
 JS> Same here, as it happens.  The teachers' side of it is that it would
 JS> be too easy for administrators to weed out innovators and dissenters -
 JS> a valid point, from what I've seen.
There must be some way to measure whether teachers are under performing.
I just got a report form my son's school. It shows that where kids are
assessed by tests or exams they perform BETTER that the teacher's
assessment. My University just sent me several documents explaining that
the reverse was normally the case.
I would say that was good evidence for the teacher's having low expectation
of the kids. (This is real inner-city)
Andrew
... What if there were no hypothetical situations?
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