Sentences with phrase «sue over evaluation»
2011 JUNE: New York State United Teachers sue over evaluation regulations adopted by the state's board of regents, saying they conflict with the law and put too much emphasis on state tests over locally designed measures.
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The teacher's union is suing the Education Department over the teacher evaluation process, and won a partial victory in state court last summer.
A state Supreme Court Justice has ruled in favor of a Great Neck teacher who sued the state over its teacher evaluation model after she received an «ineffective» on the rating tied to students» test performance — one year after being rated «effective» for similar scores.
In fact, seven teachers, backed by the Houston branch of the American Federation of Teachers, have sued over using test data in evaluations.
After the sweetness - and - nice between New York State Education Department (NYSED) and the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) to win $ 700 million from the federal Race to the Top fund last year (see my Education Next story), NYSUT yesterday sued the state's Board of Regents and NYSED's acting commissioner John King over the decision last May to ratchet up the importance of student test scores in a teacher's annual evaluation.
Advocates for the Los Angeles parents who sued the district over what they viewed as ineffective teacher evaluations said they were pleased with the agreement and supported the court filing.
To be fair, at least two NEA state affiliates have sued over the test - score - based portions of evaluations, stating they're based on students teachers may never have taught.
The latest foray into the courtroom began Feb. 13, when New Mexico teachers sued state officials over an evaluation system that relies heavily on student test scores.
Former New York state education commissioner John King, who is being sued by a N.Y. teacher over the state's educator evaluation system.
Last year, seven anonymous parents sued LAUSD over non-enforcement of the Stull Act, a 1971 law that says teacher evaluations must include some measure of pupil progress (See: Outing the Lemon Teachers at LAUSD).