NYC Public School Parents: Maggie Moroff on how parents need a voice in teacher evaluation

NYC Public School Parents: Maggie Moroff on how parents need a voice in teacher evaluation

Maggie Moroff on how parents need a voice in teacher evaluation

by Leonie Haimson

Several months ago, Class Size Matters sponsored anonline petition to the Governor and the Regents, asking that public school parents be appointed to their57-member taskforce on teacher evaluation, which had not a single parent on it. They ignored us, and instead came up with a new unfair and unreliable system, based 40% on standardized test scores, and that will lead to even more high-stakes testing. Check out the letter from Maggie Moroff of Advocates for Children below, and let's work together to make sure thatparents are not let completely out in the cold when it comes to evaluating their children's teachers.

New York State is changing the way teachers are evaluated. If things happen on schedule, teachers of grades 4