Post by Logan on Feb 5, 2016 4:46:43 GMT -6
Attorney: Lawsuit still needed to fight NY teacher evaluation system
A Long Island teacher has vowed to continue fighting New York’s controversial teacher evaluation system in court, despite a recent offer to settle from the state, her attorney announced this week.
Sheri Lederman decided to sue the state in September 2014 after the state gave her an “ineffective” rating on the student growth component of her annual evaluation, even though her students met or exceeded the test scores of other students statewide by more than twice.
The growth model that the state used to calculate her score has been panned by independent educational associations and professors from top universities, who warn it should not be used to make high-stakes decisions, like hiring or firing. In December, facing a mounting test refusal movement, the Board of Regents followed the recommendation of a task force appointed to review the state’s Common Core program and approved a four-year moratorium on the use of the model.
“The position of the Education Department was that some or all of the case had become moot,” Lederman’s attorney and husband Bruce Lederman told The Capitol Pressroom’s Susan Arbetter this week (listen here). “We disagreed.”
Read more: blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/245908/attorney-lawsuit-still-needed-to-fight-ny-teacher-evaluation-system/
A Long Island teacher has vowed to continue fighting New York’s controversial teacher evaluation system in court, despite a recent offer to settle from the state, her attorney announced this week.
Sheri Lederman decided to sue the state in September 2014 after the state gave her an “ineffective” rating on the student growth component of her annual evaluation, even though her students met or exceeded the test scores of other students statewide by more than twice.
The growth model that the state used to calculate her score has been panned by independent educational associations and professors from top universities, who warn it should not be used to make high-stakes decisions, like hiring or firing. In December, facing a mounting test refusal movement, the Board of Regents followed the recommendation of a task force appointed to review the state’s Common Core program and approved a four-year moratorium on the use of the model.
“The position of the Education Department was that some or all of the case had become moot,” Lederman’s attorney and husband Bruce Lederman told The Capitol Pressroom’s Susan Arbetter this week (listen here). “We disagreed.”
Read more: blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/245908/attorney-lawsuit-still-needed-to-fight-ny-teacher-evaluation-system/