Sentences with phrase «evaluation component back»

While HuffPost has so far seen no amendments to bring the teacher evaluation component back, an amendment from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I - Vt.)

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Since the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) last January, in which the federal government handed back to states the authority to decide whether to evaluate teachers with or without students» test scores, states have been dropping the value - added measure (VAM) or growth components (e.g., the Student Growth Percentiles (SGP) package) of their teacher evaluation systems, as formerly required by President Obama's Race to the Top initiative.