Re: Deming on rating teachers

[FVoehl@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/31/00 5:41:39 AM, deming@ilema.net writes:

<< I have been unsuccessfully trying to find a quote from Deming on "rating 
performance of the teacher."  If you could help me with a source for the 
quote I would appreciate it.  >>

In 1972, Dr. Deming wrote in The American Statistician: _It seems to me that 
the prime requirement for a teacher is to possess some knowledge to teach.  
He who does no research possesses no knowledge and has nothing to teach. . . 
The student is at a disadvantage when asked to evaluate his teacher.  On what 
basis?  Luster of personality?  Knowledge of the subject?  Content of the 
course?  . . .The only suitable judge of a teacher's knowledge are his peers. 
 The only objective criterion is research worthy of publication--measured on 
some scale of contribution to knowledge, not by numbers of papers 
(published)._(Deming, The American Statistician, Vol. 26 No. 1, February 
1972).

Dr. Deming's words speak volumes about his opinion on this subject.  Myron 
Tribus wrote about this in : _Deming: The Way We Knew Him_ (Chapter 
Three, pp. 25-33).

Frank Voehl (FVoehl@aol.com)