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NYC releases teachers’ value-added scores — unfortunately - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

NYC releases teachers’ value-added scores — unfortunately - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

NYC releases teachers’ value-added scores — unfortunately

This takes some kind of special nerve: New York City’s Education Department publicly released the rankings of 18,000 public school teachers based entirely on student standardized-test scores — after pleas from educators not to do it because it would be unfair and disparaging. And then it told the news media not to use the results to disparage teachers.

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