Since its inception less than a decade ago, I have been on a rant against Ohio’s state mandated teacher evaluation system, which dictated that as much as half of a teacher’s appraisal was to be tied to student test scores. I have been on my rant because there is not an iota of reliable research that supports this concept, and because I view this law as yet another example of a poorly-conceived concept that was enacted based on political and personal agendas instead of sound educational research.

More often than not, when educators like me have complained about foolish political mandates like this one, we are branded by the people who have created them (our politicians) as being whiny little babies who are afraid of being held accountable for our work. I have found that when some of them have nothing of substance to say, speaking derisively of those who dare question them seems to be their fallback position.

Source: Mr. Gates knows technology, not education – Troy Daily News