Teachers: Evaluations need to go beyond test scores

Dave Murray:

With U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan this week advocating for transparency for teacher evaluations that include, in part, standardized test scores, the National Education Association weighed in today, asking members how they'd like to be measured.

NEA staffer Kevin Hart asked teachers to reply on the union's Facebook page, and reported some interesting answers.

"They believe a well-designed process can help them improve at their jobs and will ultimately benefit students," Hart wrote on the union's NEA Today website. "But teachers believe any evaluation process should be fair, consistently applied, and take into account the realities of their profession."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 3, 2010 1:04 AM
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