Huffington Post
Christine Amario/April 4, 2012
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Key Points:
How states are going to evaluate Special Education teachers is a big question. Is it fair to evaluate on student growth measured against neurotypical students? Teachers of students with profound disabilities are concerned about this since sometimes it is the little things that illustrate the growth of these students and these things can't or won't be found on any standardized test. Many states are trying to develop evaluations based on criteria such as socio-economic backgrounds, English language skills, etc.
Intended Audience: Teachers, Administrators
Relevance: As future teachers, especially SpEd teachers, I find standardized "evaluations" a little scary. It is not okay to compare the growth of Special Education Students to neurotypical students and then evaluate that teacher based on the outcomes. Hopefully as states develop "evaluations" situations like these will be taken into account.
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