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Thursday, February 16, 2012

As Cuomo declares victory on a teacher-testing agreement, Ravitch says it's a 'dark day' | Capital New York

As Cuomo declares victory on a teacher-testing agreement, Ravitch says it's a 'dark day' | Capital New York:

As Cuomo declares victory on a teacher-testing agreement, Ravitch says it's a 'dark day' | Capital New York



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Andrew Cuomo. saebaryo via flickr

3:25 pm Feb. 16, 2012
The Cuomo administration and the state teachers union finally came to an agreement today on a teacher-evaluation system, shortly before a deadline that had been set by the governor.
The agreement was reached after the state address some of the union's concerns about how heavily students' scores on standardized tests would be weighted in assessing the performance of teachers. The agreement also addressed the union's concerns about teachers' ability to