Newsday
“For the vast majority of teachers in New York, there was never going to be a new evaluation system this school year for 2015-2016: At least 90 percent of districts have been granted waivers by the state. And now, education experts and government officials say there will almost certainly be a multiyear moratorium during which evaluations aren’t linked to student testing.
In theory, districts with waivers revert to the last ‘new’ system, basing teacher evaluations 60 percent on classroom observation and 40 percent all on state tests, or 20 percent on state tests and 20 percent on local measures. That’s the system that infuriated everyone already.”