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)
The Student Success Act, adopted in 2011, established a value - added formula for judging teacher performance and relies on student test scores from statewide assessments as the primary measure. (k-12daily.org)
According to a review by the National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington, D.C. - based reform group, 20 states in 2012 required student achievement as a significant part of judging teacher performance, including multiple states where student data accounts for 50 percent of an evaluation. (hechingerreport.org)