TRENTON — Parents in New Jersey will soon get to see teacher evaluations online. The names of the teachers won't be included. Instead, districts must show ratings categories and how many teachers are in each group. Districts must do the same for principals if they have more than 10. Deputy Education Commissioner Willa Spicer told The Record newspaper disclosing the...
TRENTON — Parents in New Jersey will soon get to see teacher evaluations online.
The names of the teachers won't be included. Instead, districts must show ratings categories and how many teachers are in each group. Districts must do the same for principals if they have more than 10.
Deputy Education Commissioner Willa Spicer told The Record newspaper disclosing the ratings was a condition of receiving federal 2009 stimulus funds and aims to boost transparency.
New Jersey Education Association spokesman Stephen Wollmer says the plan would lead to a "witch hunt" as parents tried to figure out if their children had teachers in the lowest category. Wollmer says transparency doesn't translate into "sensible policy."
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