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Forest Park Middle School teacher Maria Plecnik discusses persuasive essay techniques with 13-year-old Alexis Longstreet during a May 29 class. A teacher at the Euclid school for seven years, Plecnik is lauded by students and her principal but decided to quit teaching at the end of this school year after the state gave her a "least effective" rating using 'value added' scores based on student test results.
(Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Plain Dealer and public radio's
combined on a joint look in June, 2013 at the value-added measure of academic growth and its use in evaluating teachers in Ohio.
Grading The Teachers appeared in The Plain Dealer in June and finished with a
.
Day 1, June 16:
Day 2, June 17
Day 3, June 18
StateImpact later produced a video explaining more about how value-added is calculated. You can view it
The Plain Dealer did an earlier look at value-added in 2011.