Linda Darling-Hammond on teacher evaluations through student testing

05-26-2011

Guest blog by Linda Darling-Hammond/Education Nation

There is no doubt that teacher evaluation systems in the U.S. are broken: Teachers, administrators, parents, and policymakers agree that most districts fail to measure teaching well, help teachers improve, or dismiss those who are failing. Most teachers are tenured without a rigorous examination of their competence, and those who are struggling are often left to struggle indefinitely, while their students suffer. The vast majority of teachers, who are working hard and want to continue to improve, get little help to do so. In a report by a group of Accomplished California Teachers, Jane Fung, an award-winning 20-year veteran of Los Angeles Unified School District described the experience of many teachers: (more...)

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