A vote on a bill that would delay use of student test scores in teacher evaluations and delay for one year school report cards also was canceled. (host.madison.com)
The pilots were also the first test case of the state's use of student test scores as part of the ratings for teachers whose students take the state's language arts and math tests, roughly about a sixth of the total. (b4njkids.org)
Within the last year, three influential organizations — reflecting researchers, practitioners, and philanthropic sectors — have called for a moratorium on the current use of student test score data for educator evaluations, including the use of value - added models (VAMs). (vamboozled.com)