Louisiana Educator: White Proposes Major Changes to CCSS Phase in, Teacher Evaluations, and School Grading

Louisiana Educator: White Proposes Major Changes to CCSS Phase in, Teacher Evaluations, and School Grading:

White Proposes Major Changes to CCSS Phase in, Teacher Evaluations, and School Grading

Responding to a rising Tsunami of parent and teacher protest of the radical changes imposed on Louisiana education by Jindal and White, the Superintendent is now proposing a major slowdown of the Common Core roll-out and teacher VAM evaluations connected to the new standards. Superintendent White released a list of proposed changes to be presented to BESE at their December meeting

Superintendent White announced Thursday that he has been listening to many of the concerns of teachers, parents and administrators about the rapid implementation of the new Common Core standards on top of the recent value added teacher evaluation system. As a result, he is now proposing to slow down greatly the high stakes implications for students, teachers, and schools, resulting from the implementation of the Common Core. The Superintendent is now proposing to provide local educators and school systems a comprehensive state produced curriculum guide for the Common Core standards. Teachers are to be exempted from VAM ratings while new baselines are established for the ratings. Students will be allowed to be promoted to 5^th and 9^thgrades even if they have not fully met the minimum standards