Matt Yglesias writes, The Washington Post wrote that “D.C. Teacher Evaluation System Has Academic Benefits, But Is Racially Biased, New Study Finds.” Did the study actually find that? I don’t think that it did, and the ability of these findings to generate that conclusion is an instance I think of how pure gap-ism can lead to bad analysis and potentially bad policy.
Catching up with the FITS, no. 3
Catching up with the FITS, no. 3
Matt Yglesias writes, The Washington Post wrote that “D.C. Teacher Evaluation System Has Academic Benefits, But Is Racially Biased, New Study Finds.” Did the study actually find that? I don’t think that it did, and the ability of these findings to generate that conclusion is an instance I think of how pure gap-ism can lead to bad analysis and potentially bad policy.