Report: State teacher evaluations need overhaul
| June 27, 2007 |  View for printing |
A new public school teacher in North Dakota works for a year on probation before getting job security. For a teacher in Missouri, it's five years.
It's just one example of how policies affecting the teaching profession vary from state to state, according to a report http://www.nctq.org/stpy/ by the National Council on Teacher Quality http://www.nctq.org/nctq/index.jsp , a private group in Washington.
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Montana’s teacher policies lag
Montana lags behind most states in teacher evaluation, licensing and other educator-related policies, according to a national report that was released Wednesday and disputed by the state’s top education official.
The 131-page report by the nonpartisan National Council on Teacher Quality gave Montana mostly failing marks in all six areas studied, criticizing most harshly the state’s alternate teacher certification and special-education training.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Linda McCulloch said the report favors a cookie-cutter approach to education and ignores Montana’s high test scores and other student achievements.
By Sarah Cooke, Associated Press Writer
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