New York Teacher Evaluation System Is Flawed, Study Says

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A regional group of superintendents released a study on Oct. 3, that slams the current state teacher evaluation system and calls for a new system to be put into place, according to LoHud.com.

A recent report by a group of superintendents suggests New York state's teacher evaluation scoring system is flawed.
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Joe Jenkins

10/07/2014 12:30 p.m.

The report claims that districts often mark up or inflate classroom observation scores to prevent teachers from getting bad overall evaluations, LoHud.com reported.

The current evaluation system grades teachers on 60 percent classroom observation, 20 percent student progression on testing and 20 percent on locally determined assessments. Researchers said of the 1,400 teachers evaluated in the report, the average observation score was 58.1 out of a possible 60. No teacher scored below a 40, LoHud.com said.

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