Merit pay and Teaching to test

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Will educators -teach to the test- when the LAUSD starts tying teacher pay to student performance on the Stanford 9? What would keep teachers from focusing on answers to those test questions and little else when their jobs are at stake? How can the district keep teachers accountable. What about parents and administrators?
Will educators -teach to the test- when the LAUSD starts tying teacher pay to student performance on the Stanford 9? What would keep teachers from focusing on answers to those test questions and little else when their jobs are at stake? How can the district keep teachers accountable. What about parents and administrators?

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Host:

Warren Olney

Producer:

Frances Anderton