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Friday, October 28, 2011

State Test Scores To Count In Teacher Evaluations

A decades-long effort to link teacher evaluations to state test scores is set to go into effect next year.

Under recent federal requirements, teacher evaluations will include a measure of student progress as shown by state tests.

Earlier this year, Delaware received a $119 million Race to the Top grant, setting in motion the recent scramble by educators to create a measure of student improvement that uses the state test and other student-growth data to show student progress.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Another goverment program that will flop.

Anonymous said...

Sorta like blaming doctors if patients who smoke too much, eat too much and won't take their meds. are not in good health.

Anonymous said...

I bet some kids will fail on purpose just to get a teacher fired.