I guess that anything that does not come out full bore one way or another is a cop out. Test scores are a non-subjective measure. So too would be height or weight. All three are fairly meaningless.
I have no reason to believe that principals would be fairer or better judges than the teachers. I await your response, which will be the last word on the subject. I have papers to grade. On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 12:00 PM, David B. Shemano <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael Perelman writes: > >>> I do not entirely disagree with you. The problem is that we lack >>> adequate measures of good teaching – standardized tests give us some >>> numbers, but the numbers themselves are pretty worthless. If teachers >>> themselves had much say in the selection of administrators, I would be >>> more accepting of the elimination of seniority. > > > You won't be surpised I think this is a copout. Once we get away from > piecemeal production and into the world of knowledge and information > production, productivity becomes more subjective and difficult to evaluate, > but here is nothing special about this with respect to teaching. It applies > to lawyers, etc., and every other (non-unionized) profession manages to get > along with managerial qualitiative review. In fact, precisely beause of > standardized testing, it is easier to include an objective criteria in the > evalution of teachers than most other knowledge/information producers. > However, the ultimate issue is who decides. You think the decision should be > in the hands of the teachers, while I think the decision should be in the > hands of the principal, who has the managerial responsbility to ensure that > the school attracts students and performs its function. > >>> The job of the teachers should be to inspire, but inspiration becomes >>> difficult where teachers lack respect and where they get bogged down >>> in bureaucratic nonsense. > > An inevitable consequence of the government provided unionized school system. > Compare to private schools/catholic schools. > > David Shemano > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 530 898 5321 fax 530 898 5901 http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
