Meanwhile, a new survey released last month could serve as an ignition point with findings that most schools — still — are not complying with the state's
existing teacher evaluation law that, while flawed, does include a student performance component.
But on a state level, efforts to change and clarify
existing teacher evaluations laws and the use of state test scores have gained some traction in recent years.
Not exact matches
Whereas
existing state
law calls for two
teacher ratings — satisfactory and unsatisfactory — Weber's bill would have added a third
teacher rating of «needs improvement» to the state's minimum requirement for
evaluations.
There are a lot of New York - specific intricacies to the debate — namely, the state's Race To The Top application didn't change the
existing charter school
law regarding
teacher evaluations and the state's education department authorizes many of the state's charter schools — but it is a microcosm of the larger debate.
For
existing classroom
teachers, the
law allows for a «High Objective Uniform State Standard» of
evaluation (HOUSSE).