Education Week: Advocates Oppose ESEA Teacher Evaluation Amendments

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July 18, 2013

By Stephen Sawchuk

Advocates are lining up their positions on amendments related to teacher evaluation that are included in a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that will hit the House floor in short order.

A letter sent this morning by a variety of teacher-quality stakeholders opposes two key amendments. First, it urges lawmakers to defeat an amendment to eliminate the bill’s requirement that states and districts create teacher-evaluation systems as a condition of receiving teacher-quality funds. (The stipulation is a top priority of House education committee Chairman John Kline, R-Minn.)

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