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There was no debate over the union's longstanding opposition to merit pay, salaries based on evaluations by administrators or evaluations based on students' test scores.
Despite Kline's desire to give states more flexibility and leave behind the heavy federal involvement, his bill initially required teacher evaluations based on students' test scores.
Depending on which reform strategy wins, new changes may also be introduced that mandate the grading of teachers based on students' test scores instead of experience.
This week, Sen. Vernon Asbill introduced a bill that would mandate that schools are given letter grades based on students' test scores, KRQE News reports.
A 2010 state law created the outline for a new system, one based on students' test scores, classroom observations by principals and other measures, with the details to be negotiated by each school district and its teachers' union.
Half of that portion must be based on students' test score growth from one year to the next.
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Under the city's new standards, teachers are rated on a four-point scale as highly effective, effective, developing or ineffective, based on students' tests scores, classroom observations, feedback from parents, and other factors.
Punishing and rewarding teachers based on student test scores only incentivizes a drill-and-kill, teach-to-the-test mentality.
Some states are pushing for legislation to sort teachers into categories using unreliable mathematical calculations based on student test scores.
The state has declared that half of a teacher's rating must be based on student test scores.
In principle, "pay for performance" based on student test scores (rather than sweeping classrooms) could help attract better teachers.
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