70% of FL teachers got graded on students they did not teach. Results to be published anyway.

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18. Arne Duncan, Bill Gates say scores shouldn't be released publicly. Sorry guys, too late.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2014/02/florida_releases_teacher_value.html

"So for 70 percent or more of teachers, the VAM does not even attempt to measure the teacher's actual teaching and yet the VAM data released purports to rank their performance," said the unions' statement. "The Legislature openly recognized this flaw last year in passing SB 1664, which requires future VAM scores to be based upon a teacher's actual students. But most of the data released by the DOE does not take into account the new law, making all of the data meaningless."

Nationally, New York and Ohio have released similar reports on teachers, and a Los Angeles court also recently ruled that a newspaper could access the district's value-added information.

Even proponents of using VAM as a component in teacher reviews, such as philanthropist Bill Gates and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, say that the scores shouldn't be publicly released. Instead, the data should be used to target teachers for additional help, they say.

Just too late. Those who might have stopped the steam roller are late to the game. Seems like they have little impact now.