Schools
After Months and Months of No Deal, State Imposes New Teacher Evaluation System
The system that would rate teachers in part on their students' test scores.
This article was written by C. Zawadi Morris.
The state education commissioner broke a long-standing impasse between the city and its teachers union on Saturday by imposing a new evaluation system, finally bringing New York City into compliance with state law — the last district in the state to do so, the New York Times reports.
“It’s time. The students have waited too long,” said New York State Education Commissioner John B. King Jr.
King added that the new plan would improve teaching and learning and give New York City students a much better opportunity to graduate from high school.
Also, as a compromise, the state's plan would make New York City the only district in the state that would leave a significant part of the implementation of the evaluations up to individual schools, giving teachers a chance to possibly weigh in with administrators on how they are rated.
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