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Teachers leery of proposed ratings | The Columbus Dispatch

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Teachers leery of proposed ratings

They worry about bias, and if student growth can be fairly measured


By Catherine Candisky

The Columbus Dispatch Sunday December 11, 2011 8:32 AM
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Ohio teachers don’t necessarily like the way they currently are evaluated, but the uncertainty of a new system based in large part on how well their students perform is equally unsettling to many.
Gov. John Kasich’s administration is releasing a 23-page report on Monday detailing how teachers feel about being paid based on their performance.
Under a recommended rating system, teachers could be rated as highly as “proficient” or “ accomplished,” or as poorly as “developing” o
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