Moore Public Schools Addresses Inequities Between VAM and SLO/SOO Teacher Evaluation Frameworks

 

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Moore Public Schools graciously produced the following video which explains the inherent inequities between the Value Added Model and Student Learning Objective teacher evaluations frameworks.

http://youtu.be/dBXtDG8pXF4

Moore also presented this information to the Oklahoma TLE Commission:

http://youtu.be/lB_p5hFJfk0

Since I teach two sections of 7th grade literature, I part of my evaluation will be based on VAM, so I do not have to put together an SLO. However, my effectiveness will be determined by less than 30 percent of the students in my classes.

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About the author 

Michelle Boyd Waters, M.Ed.

I am a secondary English Language Arts teacher, a University of Oklahoma student working on my doctorate in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum with an concentration in English Education and co-Editor of the Oklahoma English Journal. I am constantly seeking ways to amplify students' voices and choices.

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