At those good schools, she said, the state teacher evaluation system could actually get in the way of getting rid of weak teachers. (nydailynews.com)
The students with the most needs often get the least experienced or weakest teachers because the flow of quality and experience among teachers is toward higher performing students and schools. (hechingerreport.org)
They argue that annual testing is critical for tracking how effectively schools are educating poor and minority students and that evaluations based only on subjective criteria like observations typically fail to identify weak teachers. (nytimes.com)