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Re: TeacherInsight - Thoughts & Advice
Posted by fight the test on 6/25/09

    On 6/23/09, Miss Independent wrote:
    > Hello! I wanted to ask everyone what they thought of the
    > Gallup test named Teacher Insight. If you haven't heard of
    > it, basically most districts use it as a preliminary
    > "teacher personality" test. Perhaps it would be more
    > accurate to say it is used as a screening tool. You can
    > apparently "fail" the test, but you do not receive the
    > scores to the test.

    I would see if you can sue. Seriously. You should be able
    to know whether the score was passing or not and if a
    passing score is a requirement for the position. I realize
    that employers are hesitant to state the reasons that
    someone wasn't given a job because of a fear of lawsuits,
    but an "objective test" should leave them with nothing to
    fear.

    Districts are wasting A TON of money maintaining their
    subscriptions to an instrument that has not been proven to
    improve student acheivement one bit.

    My least favorite TI question is "Do you break the rules?"

    Yes.
    No.
    Yes, only minor ones.
    Yes, to help students.

    Whose rules for God's Sake?! My own classroom rules? The
    school's rules? US law? Does breaking the rules to help
    students mean that I would give students an extension on an
    assignment or that I would help them cheat on a state exam?

    I love this post from another board:

    Yes, that's right, Gallup has wonderful psychometrics and
    have asked millions and millions (almost sounds like a
    popular burger chain!) questions in an attempt to help
    organizations hire and retain the best. Here's the irony: I
    worked for Gallup. In my hiring group there were
    approximately 12 people to start. A year later? Half that.
    Now? I think perhaps there may be one person still with
    Gallup (this after about 4 or 5 years). Clearly, Gallup
    cannot even achieve favorable results with hiring tools in-
    house. I left Gallup because of their conservative, old-
    school views and lack of opportunities within the company.
    I'd never go back, and although originally brainwashed that
    Gallup hiring/engagement tools are the be all, end all, I
    would never ever use them again. They have interesting
    literature, but I've seen their systems fail time and time
    again - and this from an in-house perspective. I can only
    imagine how many people Gallup has excluded from
    their "recommend to hire" list based on their faulted
    metrics.
    http://www.proteacher.net/discussions/showthread.php?t=15126

     
     

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