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Here's what I noticed about MOSL...

Part of a teacher's rating is based on
student growth -nothing wrong with
that.

However, student growth should be
measured during the VERY FIRST week
in Sept. If not, students aren't being
measured until after teachers have
begun teaching and are actually boosting
students' initial MOSL scores!

Bottom line: I don't think MOSL is accurate,
or fair because it requires a base score that
cannot exist (unless teachers stymie learning
before administering the base test).

I realized this, but continued with instruction
anyway because student progress starts from
day one -not at the point of advantage for
teacher evaluation.

Another idea: Measure progress from June of
the previous school year to May of the
following year.

At present, MOSL has too many variables to be
a reliable measurement.

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