Gov. Chris Christie, along with legislators and leaders of teacher unions, has lined up to keep the results of teacher evaluations secret from the public, though Christie said the issue was “among certain points of compromise” in a new education bill.
The Republican governor signed teacher tenure legislation into law Monday during a visit to Mauger Middle School in Middlesex.
The job security of tenure will be tied to the evaluations.
Proponents of the new law say teachers still will be held to task for their performance. But the privacy clause has been panned by parents and other stakeholders, who say they won’t know what was detailed in a teacher’s review under a plan that will cost millions of dollars to implement.
“From my perspective, the most significant
