---jump right to the bottom for how notyet LAUSD is going to make
millions off this new contract---
Teachers suck. Okay,
not all teachers. Not even
most. Maybe a few teachers
suck. Somewhere in some part of
this world a teacher sucks at their profession.
VAM sucks. CST
sucks. All standardized tests
suck. Data analysis of tests
suck. There is no value in
tests. Okay maybe a smidge of
value. Some where there is one
piece of data that possesses the slightest hint of value.
With that profound insight, may I give my ringing endorsement for
the recent appendage to the UTLA/LAUSD contract.
1. It doesn’t matter how you vote. UTLA and LAUSD agreed to this, and
should UTLA members vote “no,” the judge will probably revert to this plan.
2. The wording of the contract allows a
teacher to bring their own data to the table. You have to be a sucky teacher to not find a single piece of
data to show some sort of growth.
The terminology is so broad; it would take a special teacher not to find
a piece of data to explain doing a good job on something at some point in time.
The caveat
1. The school administrator can use just
about any data they want to as well.
2. There is no change to they way conflicts
are resolved, so the problems with arbitrating (if it ever happens) with the
existing contract will add a new dimension of complexity.
The money grab
No one has the time to do data analysis at a school site. Thanks to notyet LAUSD’s partnership
with our sponsors they will do all the data analysis for us. Sponsors get to pick the data they care about and then notyet LAUSD, as
the administrative branch, gets to tell our administrators down at the school site
to use the data we tell them to.
We charge teachers $250 to look at their data and find something
useful. notyet
LAUSD will go through your data and find something that makes you look
competent. If we can’t find data, we’ll show you how to create a few foolproof
tests and administration techniques to ensure your students scores grow.
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