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Union to propose test scores figure into teacher ratings

Comparing the way most teachers are evaluated to a football team watching game tapes "once the season is over," the head of the USA’s second-largest teachers union is expected Tuesday to propose a new, detailed system of teacher ratings that includes not only classroom observations by supervisors but also written-work, portfolio and lesson-plan reviews — and student test scores.

In a speech scheduled for this morning at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten will propose that teacher evaluations include student scores, which have long been a sore point for many teachers groups. They worry that the scores rely on other, uncontrollable factors such as students’ home lives and parents’ ability to oversee studying.

By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-01-12-aft12_ST_N.htm

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