Students will have input on evaluating instructors

By Mary Vorsino

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 30, 2013

~~<p>This fall, students statewide will be asked to rate their classroom experiences in surveys that will soon become one of the measures used in a new teacher evaluation system.</p>
<p>But the surveys are being met critically by the teachers union, which says student feedback has no place in a performance-based evaluation system that will be linked to pay, tenure and other high-stakes decisions.</p>
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This fall, students statewide will be asked to rate their classroom experiences in surveys that will soon become one of the measures used in a new teacher evaluation system.

But the surveys are being met critically by the teachers union, which says student feedback has no place in a performance-based evaluation system that will be linked to pay, tenure and other high-stakes decisions. Login for more...