Education News – Julia Lawrence
“The guidelines on how teacher evaluation results will be made available to the public are close to being finalized, writes Teri Weaver for the Syracuse Post-Standard. Although New York parents will get a broad outline of conclusions drawn by assessors, the breakdown of the information — including teachers’ personal details — will remain private. Parents will be able to see if their children’s teachers were rated “highly effective,” “effective,” or “ineffective,” but will not see the underlying factors on which such judgments were based.” (more)