As part of education reform, many schools are choosing to evaluate their teachers’ pay based on how well students perform on standardized tests.
The media is beginning to uncover how some schools matched up to others in terms of student testing, causing some educators to criticize being portrayed as either good or bad from test scores alone, according to the Los Angeles Times.
After the Times published an analytical piece about STAR Testing scores in the Los Angeles Unified School District, some administrators and union leaders said that it was an unfair portrayal of educators.
Some critics have suggested that standardized test scores alone should not be the go-to for determining teacher pay, as there could be other reasons for student performance.
According to the Times Record Online, there are other factors for student test performance other than teachers. These factors include relationships with other teachers, the students’ home environment, parental support and mobility to and from school can all be reasons for how a pupil performs on a standardized test.
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