Comments on: Ohio education value-added tool results are in http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/12/14/ohio-education-value-added-tool-results-are-in/ "She is very powerful, so be nice to her." Former Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents, Eric Fingerhut Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:51:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jill Miller Zimon http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/12/14/ohio-education-value-added-tool-results-are-in/comment-page-1/#comment-38513 Jill Miller Zimon Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:29:29 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/12/14/ohio-education-value-added-tool-results-are-in/#comment-38513 For those who are, like me, interested in what ohdave has to say on this subject, please read his thoughts <a href="http://www.ohdave.net/2007/12/value-added-primer.html" rel="nofollow">here.</a> Yeah - it's problematic. Intentions are good but needs more use/adjustment. For those who are, like me, interested in what ohdave has to say on this subject, please read his thoughts here.

Yeah – it’s problematic. Intentions are good but needs more use/adjustment.

]]> By: ohdave http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/12/14/ohio-education-value-added-tool-results-are-in/comment-page-1/#comment-38507 ohdave Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:40:16 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/12/14/ohio-education-value-added-tool-results-are-in/#comment-38507 Well, my problem with VA, frankly, is that is puts just more emphasis on standardized testing as a means to judge how schools are doing. It's a new way of looking at the test results, but it's still all about testing. Ok, I have more than one problem. Another is that there is absolutely no transparency to it. The statistical model is so complex, no one can explain to you where it comes from or what it means. So the public has to put an awful lot of faith in statisticians to know what they are doing and to create fair models. Well, my problem with VA, frankly, is that is puts just more emphasis on standardized testing as a means to judge how schools are doing. It’s a new way of looking at the test results, but it’s still all about testing.

Ok, I have more than one problem. Another is that there is absolutely no transparency to it. The statistical model is so complex, no one can explain to you where it comes from or what it means. So the public has to put an awful lot of faith in statisticians to know what they are doing and to create fair models.

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