NJ Teacher-Evaluation Reform Compared to Other States
Drew professor looks at progress in implementing systems required by Race to the Top.
What it is: The Center for American Progress, a liberal public policy think-tank, this week released a report titled “The State of Teacher Evaluation Reform,” which looks at new teacher-evaluation systems in New Jersey and five other states as they continue to evolve under new state and national mandates. Who wrote it: The report’s author is New Jersey’s own Patrick McGuinn, an associate professor of political science and education at Drew University. McGuinn, who chairs Drew’s political science department, specializes in federal education policy. What it says: The report focuses on states’ capacity to implement new teacher-evaluation systems mandated through the federal No Child Left Behind Act and the Race to the Top competition, which …
Joe R
10:02 am on Saturday, November 17, 2012
NJ schools are top rated in the nation and always score in the top tier of schools. News flash: NJ teachers have been evaluated and rated by their principals and administrators for generations. NCLB and RtTT are horrible and an abomination. These two so called programs are hurting education in America and burdening school systems with excessive testing regimens. The kids are being tested to death… more ›