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But even skeptics of test-score-based evaluations acknowledge that a uniform, data-based approach for ranking teachers could be superior to subjective methods—such as principals’ observations—that still predominate in schools. “Damn near anything is going to be an improvement on the status quo,” says Daniel Willingham, a cognitive psychologist at the University of Virginia.
Needs Improvement: Where Teacher Report Cards Fall Short - WSJ.com
To paraphrase Shakespeare: “First, we kill all the principals.”