Kansas City Star – Joe Robertson
“It’s true that the science of using student performance in measuring teachers is fraught with holes. Intricate models for analyzing numbers will never completely account for everything that influences students’ test scores. “But the question has to be, ‘Is the direction we are going better than where we’re coming from?’ ” said University of Missouri-Columbia economist Cory Koedel. “Because where we’re coming from is as bad as it gets. The way we’re paying teachers now doesn’t make any sense.”(more)