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City’s data release could be first time some teachers see scores | GothamSchools

City’s data release could be first time some teachers see scores | GothamSchools

City’s data release could be first time some teachers see scores

If the city releases individual teachers’ effectiveness ratings this week, some teachers could see their own scores for the first time in the media.

Nearly 45 percent of the teachers who received teacher data reports this year have not yet downloaded them, a Department of Education spokesman said today. But some teachers told GothamSchools today that there has been confusion about how they could access their reports.

The city originally told teachers that the reports would be kept confidential between themselves and their