Education took center stage this budget season in Albany, with
teacher evaluations, testing, and
tenure the major points of debate as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature worked
on the
details of the spending plan, which passed this week.
Teachers and administrators alike had been anxiously waiting for more
details about the evaluations since Gov. Chris Christie signed a new
tenure law that permits them to be evaluated, at least in part based
on their students» test scores and other measurements of achievement.