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We claim teaching to be the most extolled profession in society. Yet teachers rank among the lowest paid professionals. We trust our children to them and yet we lock them into...read more
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Should teachers be held accountable for low student test scores? With due respect to the noble calling of teachers profession, I support the view that the teachers should be ...read more
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by Les Thompson
This question, Should teachers be held accountable for low student test scores? is being debated constantly.This debate has been brought to the fore, even moreso, by the ongoi...read more
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Should people be paid for what they do - or should they be paid for showing up at work? The sad fact is that many people are paid for showing up. As long as they seem to be b...read more
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by Kelly Huston
Should teachers be held accountable for low student test scores? Of course they should! My initial reaction to this question was that students are responsible for learning the m...read more
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As a teacher in a low-performing school, I have seen both sides of this issue, and there is no easy answer. Numerous studies have shown that students whose parents are involved...read more
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by Rich Rivers
The result of student test scores is proof enough of the efficiency of the teacher. It is the teacher's job to look into the welfare of the students she or he is teaching. Wit...read more
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by Ally Chumley
As a teacher, I can answer a resounding YES. Sure, it's the student's job to pay attention and apply themselves in lessons, BUT consider this: Have you ever met someone at, say...read more
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by Pilar Witt
One student means nothing, but when there is a general tendency for low/high scores, it is quite true that teachers are to be held accountable. Else, their role is not being tha...read more
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Should teachers be held accountable for low student test scores? Teacher's verses low student test scores verses WHO is accountable? We all know that there are pros and cons t...read more
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Sure they should. To explain properly, allow me to bore you with an anecdote. Back in ancient times I was taking an advances math class in high school. Our teacher was, shall...read more
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A few days ago, my daughter returned home from school at her usual time. She always does homework with with one of her friends. Sometimes they go to the friend's house and other...read more
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The question "Should teachers be held accountable for low student test scores?" can be summed up in one word, yes. Test scores are not just a reflection of a child's ability to ...read more
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Although this is a very difficult question, it is this writer's opinion that ultimately the teacher is responsible for the progress of all of the students in his or her class. T...read more
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Teachers should be held accountable for low student test scores. But so should the students themselves, parents, politicians, and communities. We know that many factors go i...read more
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It takes both aptitude and motivation from students to achieve higher test scores. These two factors are founded at home and conditioned in the classroom. A teacher may extend a...read more
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This is a question for which there is truly no correct answer. The accountability issue for low student test scores should be shared equally by teachers, administrators, school...read more
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by Zoey Cameron
Yes, and why not? They took on the challenge of educating young minds... This was the decision that was made... This is all fine and good. So, a couple of your children are not ...read more
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You have to take into account the Teacher, student abilities and how this interaction benefits the child. These issues are important because even with standardized testing each...read more
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For anyone to suggest that a teacher should be held accountable for a student's low-test scores is totally ludicrous. A student's performance on a test can be influenced by a my...read more
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by James Lynne
It seems that every politician throwing his hat into the ring for public office sets his sites on the education system to become the "education politician du-jour," calling for ...read more
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The goal of education is to get students to think, learn skills and learn information. Unfortunately the only way we have to evaluate students is to test them with tests that w...read more
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by Erin Moss
This topic is like a double-edged sword. While there are certainly less than stellar teachers out there who do nothing but glorified baby-sitting, there are many excellent teac...read more
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by Raven Lebeau
On a daily basis, a teacher makes more decisions than any other professional. At the high school level and below, teaching is more akin to management than lecturing. No corpor...read more
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by Drew Price
I am going to begin with the obligatory concession to the opposing view on this issue. It seems that many people either truly believe or have been manipulated by our elected of...read more
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Disclosure: I'm a teacher myself. However I nowadays work in adult education where student testing is a different matter altogether. There are three main reasons why teachers...read more
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Once upon a time I was also a teacher so may be my taking a view in the negative may be considered a bit biased. But I do have some valid points to make. First we have to look...read more
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by Dr.Liew
Very often when a student scores low in an examination, he or she will blame it on the teachers. I strongly disagree with the above notion simply because a student failure to ac...read more
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Answer me this if you can. When are people going to accept responsibility for their own actions?It seems to me that when something falls short of expectations or something goes ...read more
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by Ben Hughes
Working in a low grade school and struggling against pupil apathy on a daily basis, I don't want to pass the buck but I do want to be realistic. My job as a teacher is to ass...read more
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by L T Corda
As a young teacher fresh out of college, my mind was brimming with ideas for how to instill a love of learning in my students, and subsequently raise their grades and test score...read more
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The job of being a teacher is seemingly hard. They give knowledge to so many students on a daily basis, in the effort to better their lives and help them to be successful in the...read more
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Ok lets starts off by answering this question basically, and then moving into good detail. Teachers are not always accountable for their students low test scores. Sometimes it ...read more
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It's hard to choose a 'yes' or 'no' side to this debate, the answer for me is really, 'it depends.' Here's what I mean: what school setting are we talking about? Urban or subur...read more
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Teachers can not be blamed if a student has low test scores. First of all, education is to benefit the student and will, and if one invests in their time, they will reap the rew...read more
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by Carrie Suchy
Are You Kidding? Is holding teachers accountable for a low test score going to motivate a teacher to continue working in a diverse environment? How well does a test score ...read more
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Absolutely not! Working in an upstate New York school for many years I can argue this point first hand. Standardized testing gives a bogus image of what the school is or is not...read more
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Absolutely not, in my opinion the only person to blame for low student test scores is the students themselves who are getting those low test scores. Teachers cannot force their ...read more
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by Toni Doswell
Teachers as a group should not be held accountable for low student tests scores. Low test scores of a district indicate that there is a problem which has not been fixed. T...read more
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by Poppa Dave
Overall, some of the responsibility of student performance can be laid at the feet of the teachers but the bulk of the responsibility belongs to our society and most importantly...read more
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