Schools And Tech

Today on Schools and Tech we’ve got more controversy over teacher evaluations, gender bias in favor of girls and the fate of the complete book in the hands of generation text. Our main topic is service-learning.  SaTP23.mp3 Listen on Posterous News of the Week:1) Method to Grade Teachers Provokes Battle - NYT - CT the value-added modeling system calculates the value teachers add to their students’ achievement, based on changes in test scores from year to year and how the students perform compared with others in their grade.    In value-added modeling, researchers use students’ scores on state tests administered at the end of third grade, for instance, to predict how they are likely to score on state tests at the end of fourth grade.        A student whose third-grade scores were higher than 60 percent of peers statewide is predicted to score higher than 60 percent of fourth graders a year later.     &nb