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Algorithmic Teacher Evaluation Program Reportedly Failed to Improve Student Outcomes and Was Alleged to Have Harmed Teachers
Gates Foundation-funded Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching Initiative's algorithmic program to assess teacher performance reportedly failed to achieve its goals for student outcomes, particularly for minority students, and was criticized for potentially causing harm against teachers.
- Date it happened
- 2009-09-01
- Organisation involved
- Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching
- Product, system or model
- Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching teacher-evaluation system, Algorithmic teacher evaluation program
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