Teachers Evaluated by Student Test Scores in NYC

Yesterday's NYT story, "Agreement will alter evaluations of teachers," by Jennifer Medina details a NY teahers' union agreement to overhaul teacher evaluations "and tie them to student test scores" something "the unions had bitterly opposed for years. Check this out: "Teachers would be measured on a 100-point scale, with 20 percent points based on how much students improve on the standardized state exams. Another 20 percent would be based on local tests, which would have to be developed by each school system. After two years, 25 percent would be based on state exams and 15 percent would come from the local tests."

Is this coming to a state near you soon? Too soon to say, but this detail from the article is interesting: NY Teachers will be will be placed in one of the following categories: highly effective, effective, developing, and ineffective. Illinois has agreed to move to that same system next year.