Re: Evaluations Ignore Education Factors

Some blog followers might be interested in “Re: Evaluations Ignore Education Factors” [Hake (2011)]. The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: James Horn his ARN-L post “guest column on TN teacher eval system," pointed to his Knoxville News Sentinel “Guest Column: Evaluations ignore education factors” at http://bit.ly/swBD8v.

Therein Horn wrote (paraphrasing): “Almost no one, especially researchers, would agree with Mike Edwards’ “Guest Column: Grading teachers vital to education” http://bit.ly/stuQKU contention that teachers are the most important factor in a child’s education. What the research. . . . .[[My insert: as is typical in newspaper articles, no references are given!]]. . . consistently shows, rather, is that teachers are the most important school-level factor in student learning, and that other non-school factors including family income, parental influence, health, poverty and safety combine to shape a child’s school achievement in ways that even the greatest teachers cannot account for.”

In this post I list over 30 Definitive Academic References supporting Horn’s contention that NON-SCHOOL FACTORS ARE IMPORTANT IN SHAPING CHILDREN'S SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT. Readers may wish to suggest additions to this list.
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands
President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References
which Recognize the Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII)

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REFERENCES [All URL’s shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 6 Nov 2011.]
Hake, R.R. 2011. “Re: Evaluations Ignore Education Factors” online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at http://bit.ly/tSY6rE . Post of 6 Nov 2011 18:41:49 -0800 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to several discussion lists.