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May 14, 2011

Wisconsin Bill OKs teacher discipline for bad school test scores

Matthew DeFour:

School districts would be able to use standardized test scores as a factor in disciplining or firing teachers under a Republican bill made public Thursday and scheduled for a public hearing Monday.

Currently, districts can use the scores to evaluate teachers, with certain limitations, but not to discipline or fire them.

The bill comes after the state lost out on federal education funding in part due to limitations in how districts can judge teaching performance, and as a state task force develops a plan to better evaluate teachers.

In addition to the teacher evaluation changes, the bill sponsored by the chairmen of the Senate and Assembly education committees also would allow students to receive physical education credit for playing after-school sports, allow athletics suspensions based on police records and alter funding rules for certain programs, among other things.

TJ Mertz has more.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 14, 2011 2:30 AM
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