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

Response to YvonneCa (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2012, 04:02 PM

Smarmie Doofus (9,712 posts)

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

... "Disaster Capitalism".

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

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Sat Oct 20, 2012, 07:10 PM

proud2BlibKansan (96,374 posts)

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

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Sun Oct 21, 2012, 10:46 AM

mbperrin (6,784 posts)

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

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.

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Sun Oct 21, 2012, 02:14 PM

YvonneCa (8,963 posts)

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

...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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VAM a Disaster...

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

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

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

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

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