Florida has been a leader in demanding accountability in public education. The statewide formula for evaluating teachers — which could determine whether they can get pay raises or even keep their jobs — consists of three parts. Half is the classroom observation by the principal or another administrator. Another 17 percent of the formula is […]
Thousands of Fla. teachers risk penalties for students’ perfect scores, data show – PalmBeachPost.com
As we reported this week, it turns out that teachers’ evaluations can be hurt by students who earn perfect scores on Florida’s standardized tests. That’s right. When students have earned a perfect score one year, Florida’s teacher-rating formula predicts that they should earn scores higher than perfect the following year. When they don’t, their teachers get […]
