{"id":769,"date":"2012-02-28T15:06:06","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T19:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/?p=769"},"modified":"2012-04-25T17:01:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T21:01:38","slug":"professor-speaks-out-against-school-accountability-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/professor-speaks-out-against-school-accountability-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Speaks out against School Accountability Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent commentary for <em>The Huffington Post,<\/em> Harvard professor Dr. Thomas Payzant focuses attention on how accountability systems for teachers and leaders can be done better in this country.\u00a0 Not only are high-stakes evaluations stressful for superintendents, as illustrated by the high turnover rates around the country, but for students as well, and they set \u201cunrealistic expectations for their parents, drive teachers to cut curriculum corners\u2026and suck the satisfaction out of teaching in and leading schools.\u201d\u00a0 Misguided accountability systems also isolate superintendents, rather than \u201cnurturing the ties to the broader community that are vital to helping our most troubled schools and students succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first problem with accountability systems for Payzant is that many are based on the idea that \u201cassessment drives results.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0According to Payzant, turning around schools is like baking a cake, with \u201cfive key ingredients, including school leadership and quality instruction\u2026interact[ing] to enable real, sustained progress\u201d (see research from the Consortium on Chicago Schools).\u00a0 In Payzant\u2019s opinion, using test results to drive teacher and leader effectiveness is \u201cakin to poking the raw [cake] batter with a toothpick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Second, in the rush to roll out evaluation systems, many districts have fallen back on cheap, easy-to-administer tests \u201cthat tell teachers little and the rest of us less.\u201d\u00a0 These systems are prone to pitfalls like teaching to the test, or as has been seen, cheating.\u00a0 And despite the emphasis on all students being career- and college-ready, standardized tests continue to \u201cstress basic quantitative metrics in assessments,\u201d rather than more qualitative metrics, such as social and behavioral skills critical for the modern workplace.\u00a0 At the end of the day, students are simply learning to be good test-takers.<\/p>\n<p>Payzant believes that by using broader measures of student well-being, including a truly well-rounded education that includes instruction in the arts, foreign languages, and civic engagement, would \u201cpaint a fuller picture\u201d of how well American students are for the increasingly complex world.\u00a0 These measures would not only inform school leaders how well their teachers are doing, but would inform the public in general 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