New study weighs risks, opportunities of using test scores to evaluate Pre-K teachers
Evaluating teachers based on student performance is one of the most controversial issues in education today. Pre-K to 3rd grade teachers have been exempt from this scrutiny, since their students don't take standardized test.
A new report by the New American Foundation looks at whether these teachers should also be evaluated based on student achievement.
“Research has confirmed, time and time again, that the quality of instruction and the quality of learning opportunities in children’s formative years sets the foundation for their success as students, and, later, their