Holy poo!—I was out of town during this thread—at a TEACHER'S CONFERENCE—
So—You can't award teachers for improvement BECAUSE:
(1) any test is always a test of everything that a student has experienced up to that test (blaming any one teacher or awarding any one teacher is a false award, therefore)
(2) if a teacher has very bright students with high achievement it is natural NOT to see improvements BUT low achieving students can show HUGE improvements while still having an absolute score that is far below the hypothetical high achieving students
(3) I am not comfortable with the teacher analogy BUT I have to concede that soccer licenses and teacher licenses share one thing—they don't ASSURE expertise—
And—finally—I like the CESA site—and the many references in this thread about horror movie music themes—Nice stuff—
Now—who is the best player in the state. . .
[And, Chico, any comment about consolidating soccer clubs as that compares to consolidating school districts?]
