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Create Voluntary Teacher Performance Gauge |
"We'll also create a voluntary national performance assessment that actually looks at how prospective teachers can plan, teach, and support student learning."
-- Manchester, Iowa
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NOVEMBER 05, 2009
'Race To The Top' Requires Dropping Firewall Laws
In a speech at a Wisconsin middle school, President Obama announced that the Education Department's Race to the Top program of education grants will only be available for states that remove so-called "firewall laws" prohibiting teacher evaluations from being based on student performance. |
