HP0502
LD 751
Session - 126th Maine Legislature
 
LR 412
Item 1
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

An Act To Limit the Effect of Standardized Tests on Teacher Evaluations

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §13704, sub-§3, ¶A,  as enacted by PL 2011, c. 635, Pt. A, §3, is amended to read:

A. The rating must be based on standards of professional practice and measures of educator effectiveness. The proportionate weight of the standards and the measures is a local decision, but measurements of student learning and growth must be a significant factor in the determination of the rating of an educator , except that no more than 30% of the total effectiveness rating may be based on the results of standardized tests.

summary

This bill provides that no more than 30% of an educator’s total educator effectiveness rating may be based on the results of standardized tests.


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