Federal Lawsuit Settled Between Houston's Teacher Union and HISD
The Houston Independent School District is no longer allowed to use what a court deemed, an unfair teacher evaluation system to terminate educators.
The Education Value-Added Assessment System or EVAAS takes students standardized test scores and uses a confidential computer program to judge the effectiveness of teachers.
Zeph Capo is the president of the Houston Federation of Teachers. He said the system doesn’t consider real life factors that may affect test results.
“Kids don’t come to school in vacuums.” he said. “Life happens whether it is a disruption of the family environment or whether it’s a natural disaster like Harvey.”
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