Anshika Niraj and Jon Shapiro square off on whether teacher evaluation should be tied to student test scores.
The Obama administration’s Race to the Top program mandates that teachers will be evaluated partly based on student performance. The new Beachwood teacher contract established a committee in which teachers and administrators will collaborate on a new model for teacher evaluation.
Click here to read Niraj’s argument that teachers should not be evaluated based on student test scores.
Follow this link to read Shapiro’s position that evaluating and paying teachers based on student test scores would improve student outcomes.
Check out this article published last year, which provides background on the issue as it affects Beachwood students and teachers.
