I'm not sure yet what I think of this article in the Westerly Sun on new educator evaluations.
The Westerly School District will join most of the rest of the state in utilizing the RI Department
of Education model to annually evaluate educators. This will include Teachers as well as support personnel, principals and superintendents.
Westerly School District had actually already started putting together their own evaluation program. This included paying $10,000 to a consultant. Had they not joined the state program, they risked losing funding with "Race to the Top".
It concerns me that eventually 51% will be linked to "testing and/or student performance". Doesn't this pressure teachers more than ever in regards to testing?
I'll need to study what the actual plan is through the state before I can come up with what I really think. Thankfully it doesn't affect my family.
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