Comments on: New Hampshire earns “F” on Teacher Reviews http://www.bowcitizenscoalition.org/bow/2009/01/29/new-hampshire-earns-f-on-teacher-reviews/ The "Real" News from BCC - Bow NH 03304 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:09:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ProtectingMyInvestment http://www.bowcitizenscoalition.org/bow/2009/01/29/new-hampshire-earns-f-on-teacher-reviews/comment-page-1/#comment-145 ProtectingMyInvestment Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:06:24 +0000 http://www.bowcitizenscoalition.org/bow/2009/01/29/maine-montana-new-hampshire-rhode-island-vermont-the-district-of-columbia-earn-fs-on-teacher-reviews/#comment-145 This is a great article. I am happy to see it on here. The importance of properly evaluating teachers is critically important and exactly why we need APs! We can't leave an entire buildings worth of students and employees to one person and expect them to be successful. The span of control is too great and it becomes difficult to get your dollars worth of education. I assume you saw the latest NECAP results? Bow was 3rd in the state in Math (behind Hanover and Bedford) and 6th in both reading and writing. Standardized test scores are certainly not the end-all-be-all for measuring student achievement, but when you combine them with high college entrance rates, high AP enrollments, and a low drop-out rate, its clear that lots of people in Bow, parents, students and community members alike, are doing something right! We just need o keep the pressure on! The rules of tenure (including the new NH Just Cause legislation), plus that stupid ever-green idea, are fights with Concord more than they are issues we can solve within Bow. This is a great article. I am happy to see it on here. The importance of properly evaluating teachers is critically important and exactly why we need APs! We can’t leave an entire buildings worth of students and employees to one person and expect them to be successful. The span of control is too great and it becomes difficult to get your dollars worth of education.

I assume you saw the latest NECAP results? Bow was 3rd in the state in Math (behind Hanover and Bedford) and 6th in both reading and writing. Standardized test scores are certainly not the end-all-be-all for measuring student achievement, but when you combine them with high college entrance rates, high AP enrollments, and a low drop-out rate, its clear that lots of people in Bow, parents, students and community members alike, are doing something right! We just need o keep the pressure on!

The rules of tenure (including the new NH Just Cause legislation), plus that stupid ever-green idea, are fights with Concord more than they are issues we can solve within Bow.

]]> By: Rick Hiland http://www.bowcitizenscoalition.org/bow/2009/01/29/new-hampshire-earns-f-on-teacher-reviews/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Rick Hiland Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:16:51 +0000 http://www.bowcitizenscoalition.org/bow/2009/01/29/maine-montana-new-hampshire-rhode-island-vermont-the-district-of-columbia-earn-fs-on-teacher-reviews/#comment-122 This is something that I have been asking for several years, why do we continue to reward administrators and teachers for no results or success? Are we getting a dollar's worth of education for each dollar we spend or even 90 cents on the dollar? This is something that I have been asking for several years, why do we continue to reward administrators and teachers for no results or success?

Are we getting a dollar’s worth of education for each dollar we spend or even 90 cents on the dollar?

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