It is an interesting and timely interview.
NPR’s Robert Siegel talks to Donald Martin, superintendent of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School District in North Carolina, which has been using value-added analysis in evaluating its teachers for the past three years. Martin says the method is only one part of teacher evaluations, and that data collected is for internal use only.
Toward the end of the interview, Dr. Martin says that he is glad that State Board of Education policy keeps value-added assessment of teacher performance under wraps. I am not so happy about a policy that keeps vital information away from parents and the public.
