N.E.A. Shifts Position on Teacher Evaluations

Quoted: The policy calls for teacher practice, teacher collaboration within schools and student learning to be used in teacher evaluations. But for tests, only those shown to be ?developmentally appropriate, scientifically valid and reliable for the purpose of measuring both student learning and a teacher?s performance? should be used, the policy states, a bar that essentially excludes all existing tests, said Douglas N. Harris of the University of Wisconsin, a testing expert.