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Can Georgia learn from Tennessee’s review of its new teacher evals? | Get Schooled

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Can Georgia learn from Tennessee’s review of its new teacher evals?

Tennessee is ahead of Georgia in developing a teacher evaluation system that considers student outcomes, a factor in its early receipt of a federal Race to the Top grant. (Georgia won its $400 million grant in round two.)
In response to concerns about the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System, the state undertook a study that was released this week.
Here are highlights of the Tennessee study, but those of you interested in this issue — and how it may play out in Georgia, which is poised to roll out its new teacher eval system this year — ought to read the full report:
In July 2011, Tennessee became one of the first states in the country to implement a