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Judge Rolf Treu based his entire ruling in the Vergara v. California case on numbers that were simply made up on the spot.
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/06/teacher-tenure-ruling-based-number-pulled?utm_source=Crooks+and+Liars+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=2e26581d6d-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d4904be7bc-2e26581d6d-327020361
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)this "judge" needs to be disbarred. It's simply incomprehensible how much damage he's done and will have done if his ruling doesn't get overturned.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)are getting lazy about making up rationales to serve the rich and screw the rest, like it doesn't even matter if it's believable or makes sense, they just have to say something that vaguely sounds like it justifies what they want to do, and they don't even care if we buy it or not.
Igel
(35,197 posts)And not challenged, at least not at Slate (which is where crooksandliars cribbed the crux of the OP).
If Treu had used Kane's numbers, instead of 1-3% he'd have used 5%.
The "1-3%" was, as far as I can tell, provided by the plaintiff's lawyers, not Berliner himself (at least not on the stand). Perhaps they originated with Berliner during discussions in private or during depositions. I don't see a point in quibbling with it. If it is shorthand for "teachers who consistently produce underperforming students" then where to draw the line is a detail. That standardized test scores are a prime consideration is "education" these days is sad but true. Thus spake NCLB. You don't pass the standardized tests, you are held back.
We'll see if it stands up on appeal.
roody
(10,849 posts)Parents produce students.