Dr. Morgan Polikoff
La Opinion recently quoted Morgan Polikoff of the USC Rossier School about the difficulty of comparing teacher evaluations from different parts of a city in an article titled, “In CA, Standardized Teacher Evaluations Trip Over Wealth Gap.”
“Evaluations should be based on factors [that teachers] can control in their classrooms, not on things they don’t have any control over … issues like poverty and other socioeconomic limitations.”
He added that the path forward is far from clear:
“The current system is not working for anyone,” he acknowledges, adding the “main reason is that there’s no structure that defines what an effective teacher is.”
The USC Rossier School of Education enrolls nearly 3,000 graduate students who benefit from the academic opportunities and international reach of a world-class research faculty. If you wish to speak to a Rossier faculty expert, please contact Barbara Goen, Assistant Dean for Communications, at barbara.goen@usc.edu or (213) 740-2362.
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