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bapman1 writes:

Given that all the candidates want to see high performance out of our schools, it's surprising that none of them mentioned using value-added data to identify effective teachers and schools. Tennessee has the longest-running and arguably the most sophisticated value-added system in the country (TVAAS); fully leveraging this data could go a long way towards improving education in the state. If anyone is interested in learning more, see information from the Education Consumers Foundation at http://www.education-consumers.org/tn....

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