Education News – Julia Lawrence
“Teacher evaluation ratings should give more weight to the student test scores in the subjects they teach rather than the test results of the entire school, according to the Tennessee education officials charged with evaluating the state’s teacher assessment system. The findings, outlined in a report released by the Tennessee Department of Education to the state’s legislators, are meant to address concerns from teachers who said that their evaluations depended on academic outcomes of students who weren’t even in their classes.” (more)