Yes, You Will Be Evaluated by Student Scores

I don't like it, and I'm guessing that many of my readers won't either, but you will be evaluated by how your students score on standardized tests including the new tests based on the Common Core State Standards.

Don't get me wrong. I love the Common Core Standards with their rigor and focus on higher order skills. I even believe that the new tests will in many ways be an improvement over the old state tests. But I cringe at the idea of teachers being evaluated by how their students score on these tests. This is especially problematic as we make the change from the existing tests to the new CCSS tests in 2014.

I agree with Rafe Esquith that so much more goes into good teaching than can ever be captured by a score on a standardized test.