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Validation Engine for Observational Protocols
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation introduced the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project to develop and test multiple measures of teacher effectiveness. This document explores the overarching purpose and functionality of a validation engine, which was designed to help districts determine if their observation protocols routinely assign the highest ratings to teachers whose students grew the most, in terms of academic performance, and the lowest ratings to teachers whose students grew the least.
If you missed the launch of Strada’s Opportunity Index this spring, you should really go back and dig in. Essentially, the index puts together five priority action areas and compelling state-by-state data to push states to better connect education after high school and jobs.
Math can be more complicated. With math, mistakes are not just unavoidable; they are essential. When students are encouraged to explore, experiment, and, yes, fail, they build resilience and develop a robust problem-solving mindset. Mistakes are a key part of math! In Quanta magazine recently, the topologist Danny Calgary discusses learning and growing from mistakes and disappointment in math.
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