Now he's reportedly set to give up — abandoning the effort to use student scores on state tests to help judge teacher performance. (nypost.com)
According to the briefing, the evaluation system will have two components: observations and student performance on state tests. (politico.com)
To calculate the results, the department compared average proficiency rates on state tests in the 2011 - 12 school year to earlier scores. (huffingtonpost.com)