Stupid in America

[Moristans]

Thats the point of my post, why cant you come up with some FORMULA for the performance of a teacher. Formula - as in combination of many factors that together in some mathematical model represent the teachers performance, E.G. FICO Score

<shrug>

Each district would need their own, of course. It's heading that way, I have no doubt about it.

I'd say the main problem is with the emphasis on testing and this idea that, somehow, standardized testing, as it is done today, measures anything about what the kid has learned.