Senate OKs bill altering Ohio teacher evaluations

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bill reducing the number ofstate-mandated evaluations required for
well-rated public schoolteachers has unanimously cleared the Ohio Senate.The proposal wasprompted by
educators’ concerns that Ohio’s new evaluation rulesrequire more classroom observation sessions, reports and
conferencesthan can be reasonably handled by existing staff.State Sen. Randy Gardner of Bowling Green
sponsored the measure, which passed Wednesday and now heads to the Ohio House.Underan evaluation law that
kicked in this year, principals must perform two30-minute classroom observations each year for all teachers,
bestowingratings of accomplished, skilled, developing or ineffective. Once ratedaccomplished, teachers can
be evaluated every other year.Gardner’sproposal says both accomplished and skilled teachers need only
beevaluated every three years. It makes other adjustments to interveningevaluation measures.Copyright 2013
The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten
orredistributed.COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bill reducing the number ofstate-mandated evaluations required for
well-rated public schoolteachers has unanimously cleared the Ohio Senate.The proposal wasprompted by
educators’ concerns that Ohio’s new evaluation rulesrequire more classroom observation sessions, reports and
conferencesthan can be reasonably handled by existing staff.State Sen. Randy Gardner of Bowling Green
sponsored the measure, which passed Wednesday and now heads to the Ohio House.Underan evaluation law that
kicked in this year, principals must perform two30-minute classroom observations each year for all teachers,
bestowingratings of accomplished, skilled, developing or ineffective. Once ratedaccomplished, teachers can
be evaluated every other year.Gardner’sproposal says both accomplished and skilled teachers need only
beevaluated every three years. It makes other adjustments to interveningevaluation measures.Copyright 2013
The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten
orredistributed.

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