Looks like a big crack in the teacher eval/test score battle. From today's
NY Times. See full link below
N.Y. / REGION
Cuomo, in Shift, Is Said to Back Reducing Test Scores’ Role in Teacher
Reviews By KATE
TAYLOR NOV. 25, 2015 Less than a year ago, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York
proclaimed that the key to transforming the state’s education system was
tougher evaluations for teachers, and he pushed through changes that
increased the weight of student test scores in teachers’ ratings. Now,
facing a parents’ revolt against testing, the state is poised to change
course and reduce the role of test scores in evaluations. And according to
two people involved in making state education policy, Mr. Cuomo has been
quietly pushing for a reduction, even to zero. That would represent an
aboutface from January, when the governor called for test scores to
determine 50 percent of a teacher’s evaluation
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/26/nyregion/cuomo-in-shift-is-said-to-back-reducing-test-scores-role-in-teacher-reviews.html?ref=nyregion
