Schools
Changing the Rules for Teacher Evaluation
Thirty-one school districts and charters jockey for position in a state pilot that brings student scores into teacher evaluations.
It took a little courage and some said a leap of faith, but 31 New Jersey school districts have signed up to be part of the Christie administration's pilot program for testing a statewide teacher evaluation system.
All of the models being assessed by the pilot must rely on student test scores and other achievement measures for up to half a teacher's grade, from "ineffective" to "highly effective." But with a few options to pick from, the state wants to evaluate them first in a mix of locales.
The state Department of Education has two weeks to decide the nine districts it will award a total of $1.1 million in grants for trying out various models, starting in the fall. The deadline for applying was last Thursday.
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