It’s about confidence and trust in teachers
Emma Alberici on ABC TV’s Lateline talks to Pasi Sahlberg, director-general of the Ministry of Education in Helsinki, about why Finland consistently beats most of the rest of the countries in the OECD in maths, reading and literacy at all levels of primary and high school. The secret, according to him, is to be found in Finland’s highly educated teachers.
Teaching in Finland is a respected and prestigious profession, and it’s paid accordingly. Gaining entry to study teaching is extremely competitive, and nearly every teacher in the country has a master’s degree.
Video and transcript at http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2012/s3441913.htm or available as a Vodcast from the ABC website archives.
Reporting teacher performance using student scores
20 March 2012
The article, Teacher Performance Abusers of Statistics, was written in response to the recent publication of the names of teachers and their “performance scores” by the New York Post (February, 2012).