High Stakes Teaching and the "Value-Added" Sham

by Sikivu Hutchinson

The Los Angeles Times weighed in against the city's scapegoated teachers, giving public school elementary educators low marks on so-called 'value-added' assessments – a term that is as corporate as they come. The new regime serves neither teachers nor students. Rather, "the intersection of high stakes testing and zero tolerance discipline policies have created a perfect storm for black and brown students already deemed expendable by teachers and administrators."

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