Teachers evaluated under new rating system receive same low rates of tenure
Sunday, July 31st 2011, 4:00 AM
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The DOE's new teacher-evaluation system had no significant effect on the number of teachers who were given tenure this year.The city's controversial new teacher-rating system didn't make a dent when it came to deciding tenure this year.
Teachers who were evaluated on how students performed on state tests won the job-protection status at the same low rate as those who weren't.
About 56% of the 498 teachers ranked by teacher-data reports earned tenure this year. The rate for all eligible teachers was 58%. In 2006, it was 99%.
This year about 3% of all eligible teachers were denied tenure. The remaining 39% had their decisions postponed.
The city has heralded the teacher-data reports as a fair way to evaluate educators, but the teachers union says they rely too heavily on test scores.
Department of Education officials said principals used
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