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by _m8fo 3109 days ago
Do you have any research to back this up? I'm curious.
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Retric 3109 days ago
Yes, I am not sure what part you want support for. But, if this interests you I suggest you do a little research on your own.

(http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Staffingst...)

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_m8fo 3109 days ago
I have done research and haven't found that "plenty of schools have random assignment for students yet teacher A's students vastly outperform teacher B's students".

I'm very well aware of studies showing that teachers make an impact. That much is obvious. What I'm not aware of is any significant group of schools that regularly use random assignment.

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Retric 3109 days ago
Here is one interesting example: http://www.nber.org/papers/w21407 However, this really comes down to researches not being idiots.

If you mean at the school level, that's a policy choice which is far from universal. However, their are a lot of schools and a meaningful number do random student assignment.

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drak0n1c 3109 days ago
Stand and Deliver was based on a true story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Escalante

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