INQUIRER: In the fall, New Jersey and Pennsylvania plan to launch pilot programs aimed at reforming the teacher-evaluation process. A key goal: more emphasis on student achievement on state tests.
Across the country, states are changing laws and policies to require school districts to judge educators in part on how their students fare on standardized tests…
Linking student achievement to teacher performance got a big boost with its prominence in the $4 billion federal Race to the Top grant competition… (more)
