This morning’s Times Union article about Vitti’s evaluation said, If Superintendent Nikolai Vitti attended the schools he
oversees, he’d be considered a B student, based on an evaluation Tuesday by
School Board members.
Yesterday however when the article was first put up it said, If Superintendent Nikolai Vitti attended the schools he
oversees, he’d be considered a C student, based on an evaluation Tuesday by
School Board members.
Like many teachers are coerced to
do, the Times Union engaged in a little overnight grade inflation.
Why does the Times Union feel the
need to cover for this guy? I am sure somebody at the district saw the initial
post and called to complain. I bet they started with, technically a 2.73 is a
B. As if a 2.73 is anything to be proud about especially with conflagration that
went on with his grades. Sure you are probably saying, 2.7 is in the B minus range but come on look at how he got there, which I bet took some massaging to do.
The Times Union did not, and why
didn’t they sheesh, print or link all the categories and the board members
individual scores but from the ones they did I am blown away. Safety
improvements, um like cutting over a hundred security guards and teacher morale
both got scores of 2.6. That’s the board or a good segment of them being
willfully ignorant.
It boils down to Vitti did really
well, in the “we like you, we really, really like you” categories from the board
but did abysmally in the results category. Qualitatively he did well, quantitatively he was abysmal.
And inexplicably the board is
talking contract extension already? How about we get some real success before
that happens?
It’s a shame the Times Union felt
the need to change the title because overall the article was pretty fair (but
where are the links???). The fact they felt they needed to do so though is very
telling.
Here is a link to the Princeton grade converter: http://inquiry.princetonreview.com/leadgentemplate/GPA_popup.asp
Though if you multiplied his 2.73 by 25 you get a 68.25 which tells a different and I believe more accurate story.
Here is a link to the Princeton grade converter: http://inquiry.princetonreview.com/leadgentemplate/GPA_popup.asp
Though if you multiplied his 2.73 by 25 you get a 68.25 which tells a different and I believe more accurate story.
I have the opposite problem...they don't like me, they really don't like me. But my scores are always great. Admins really get it wrong. Teachers with the highest admin eval scores get poor student growth scores. Because if you give them all good grades and never make the students or their parents mad, then you're not doing your job. But the admins will love you, because they don't get complaints and you're moving them across that graduation stage.
ReplyDeleteI noticed the same switch. But I have a different hypothesis. I don't think the T-U gives a hoot about what DCPS thinks, but the power players in town didn't like the headline and paragraph that said Vitti would be a C student. I think It is people like JPEF who call the T-U and lean on them for a different slant. Whoever runs the T-U is tight with that crowd.
ReplyDeleteNow it also occurs to me that the people with clout in Jax are slowly taking over the School Board. Fischer, Shine, Smith ... they're close to a majority. One more, and we'll follow Detroit and New Orleans into charter land.
Vitti is a C student. We all know the kind. They aren't that smart but they work really hard. Have you heard his grammar? It's atrocious.
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