Prompt: Discuss the use of student grades as a factor in
evaluating teachers, and use of state test results to evaluate a school
district
I think using
student grades to evaluate teachers, does not provide accurate data. With my experiences so far, I have seen that
as much as a teacher can help guide the students, some of them will not put in
the effort at home to be completely successful.
In health and PE, we hardly ever have homework. Once in a while we have a worksheet they need
to fill out if they do not finish it in class or studying for a test at
home. Without those extra little outside
pieces, student grades drop dramatically.
Another thing I have noticed along these lines is students not wanting
to do the assignment. We allow late work
at anytime as well as retakes, so there is really no reason that a student
should not get a good grade, however students will not do this even with
missing assignments or failed tests.
When speaking to
the state test results being used to evaluate a school district, I feel that I
do not have enough experience in this area.
Being in health and fitness, we do not have any standardized or state
tests. However, I feel there are too
many outside factors that effect state test scores to evaluate a school
district. These include things like
students getting enough sleep before the test, having a good meal and other
factors in home life. I know how hard
teachers work and the stress they have on standardized testing but those
uncontrollable factors get overlooked so often but they make the biggest impact
on the results of the tests for students.
The area of
evaluating teachers and evaluating the district is something I feel I still
have so much to learn about to know what are the most effective methods.
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