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History
- Print number 7463a
- Amend and recommit to education
- Referred to education
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Relates to annual teacher evaluations
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Anthony Brindisi
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Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to annual teacher evaluations
Purpose
Directs the Board of Regents to establish a committee of educators to develop a research based evaluation model to measure teacher performance and to minimize the link between student test scores and the professional performance evaluation of educators. The bill also shifts the determination of evaluations provisions from the Commissioner of Education to the Board of Regents.
Summary of provisions
Section 3012-d of the education law, as added by section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015 and subparagraph 1 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 as amended by section 3 of subpart C of "part B of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is amended.
Justification
Our state's educational testing procedures have run amok of the original intent and have evolved into such a complex set of regulations that even educational experts struggle to keep up with the convoluted edicts. And, when our experts struggle, we must recognize the devastating impact this has on laypeople, like parents, students, and taxpayers who foot the bill for something they no longer understand.
These regulations have resulted in the strangulation of educators' classroom creativity, the stifling of imagination and the prevention of the cultivation of the innovative brand of talent we need in our future workforce. This cookie-cutter approach to learning and teaching has always overlooked a critical element of education that our state's educators have always recognized - there are many paths leading to success and those paths can be as diverse as our state's student population.
It is past time that we take the first step toward dismantling this ill-advised climate of high-stakes testing. This bill will diminish the link between student test scores and professional teacher evaluations, thereby allowing our teachers to truly teach once again, allowing our school administrators to run their schools and evaluate the people who educate our children in a manner that can be understood by the people paying the bills.
Legislative history
New.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of August next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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