This article is about New York State’s budget being late because of a back-room debate about whether teachers deserve to get tenure when considering student’s test scores. The author feels that this ban is unnecessary and that it will affect millions of public school students. He feels that you can not judge a teacher solely by their students’ test scores, but you also need to consider their teaching history and how well they’ve helped their students learn. This ban is being hidden in the New York State budget’s documents. It’s very hard to know if testing scores are a good way to judge a teacher’s performance and the author thinks the New York State board should take that into account when handing out tenures.
I thought this article was very confusing. The author didn’t seem like he had much to say and didn’t really do any research on this topic. It was in the New York Times, so I think it would have had more relevance to someone who lived in that state. This article was not really well-written and I did not enjoy reading it.
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It seems like a very narrow article... unless you're a public school teacher. I'm not sure about the article itself but it does prompt an interesting debate. I'm sure the school system is trying make the process easy and efficient as possible but I think giving tenure should be an in depth process just like a promotion and be based on a number of criteria. We all know there are bad teachers and worse students out there but one should not be used to judge the other(unless en masse)
The author should have tried to relate this article more to the audience. There are techniques he could have utilized, such as telling a story which supported his stance on the issue. This could have definitely made the article appeal to more people. This is an interesting issue, and I think many people would have enjoyed reading about it if it would not have been so focused on appealing to only one audience.
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