States hope to allow teacher evaluations based on student scores

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States hope to allow teacher evaluations based on student scores

Accomplished Teacher® by SmartBrief | 09/10/2009

With their eligibility for Race to the Top stimulus funding at risk, officials in California and Wisconsin are working to lift bans on tying teacher evaluations to student test scores. Nevada has a similar law, but its lawmakers do not reconvene until 2011, which might be too late to make a change that teachers unions oppose. "I don't think the best approach in teacher evaluation comes from students' test scores," said Dave Harswick, a Wisconsin union leader. "It can be part of the picture, but it shouldn't be the whole picture." Google (09/09)

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