TESTIMONY OF ROBERT A. SCHAEFFER NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING (FAIRTEST) IN FAVOR OF REP. JOHN STASIK'S SUBSTITUTE FOR H. 1159 BEFORE THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION JUNE 15, 1999
Flawed Massachusetts Teacher Evaluation Proposal Risks Further Damage to Teaching and Learning By the Massachusetts Working Group on Teacher Evaluation of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing
Independent researchers have found that evaluating and paying teachers for test scores is either damaging or irrelevant to improved learning.* Unfortunately, even evidence of harm does not seem to affect the growing popularity of such schemes. Policymakers, including U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, should stop promoting this failed approach.