A new study from the Manhattan Institute of Policy Research show analysis of student test scores can accurately determine teacher effectiveness in academic outcomes.
Though it has plenty of opponents, Marcus Winters of the Manhattan Institute has published a study that indicates value-added modeling using student test scores can effectively measure teacher effectiveness.
Lindsey Burke of the Heritage Foundation also commented on the value-added model.
"I think what we're seeing more and more is that these value-added models do work, and there are many studies now that have come out showing that."
Burke says teacher evaluations have always been a quarrelsome issue between teachers and education reformers.
"[It's] forcing the teacher's strike underway in Chicago, and a big part of what they are bargaining over is how they will be evaluated," she tells OneNewsNow. "So it's always a contentious issue of how we evaluate teachers. It's always a touchy subject. But that is a big part of what they're striking over."
Interestingly, Winters' study also confirms that teachers with graduate degrees perform no better than their peers who only have undergraduate degrees.