Tested: Covering Schools in the Age of the Micro-Measurement

Supporters of value-added measurements argue that teacher evaluations require objective rigor, calculated with statistics. Weak teachers, they argue, should not hide behind a subjective, protective system that undermines children’s futures. Critics counter that the calculations are incomplete, misleading, and often wrong. LynNell Hancock, Columbia Journalism Review, March/April 2011. We will be discussing the media's role in reporting value-added scores at the National Seminar.