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Or come up with a better idea of what
makes for real progress..not just a test
score..which of course has nothing to
do with cluster teacher curriculum or
what core teachers should be focusing
on...
Just a thought..

n 5/30/15, LoveTeaching writes:
> 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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