RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The state Department of Education is
examining how teachers and administrators are evaluated, and is
considering issuing guidelines that would tie teacher pay to
student performance.
The education department plans to come up with new
teacher-evaluation guidelines that public schools can use to
improve student achievement. The new system also could help school
divisions develop performance-based compensation plans.
A panel that is developing new evaluation guidelines includes
teachers, principals, students and representatives of the Virginia
Education Association and other groups. The work is being funded by
federal money.
The work group aims to test its initial evaluation models on
districts with high-poverty and low-performing schools next year.
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