Tying Teacher Evaluation to Student Achievement: Caution, Yellow Light Ahead

The Obama administration, through its Race to the Top initiative, is encouraging states to develop approaches for evaluating teachers that incorporate student achievement results. This aspect of the program has been controversial, prompting some teachers' unions to refuse to endorse state appli...

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Published in:Education week 2010-04, Vol.29 (28), p.32
Main Author: Fuhrman, Susan H
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The Obama administration, through its Race to the Top initiative, is encouraging states to develop approaches for evaluating teachers that incorporate student achievement results. This aspect of the program has been controversial, prompting some teachers' unions to refuse to endorse state applications for competitivefederal grants.
ISSN:0277-4232
1944-8333