(click headline for CBS Chicago) or http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/04/14/education-advocates-laud-proposed-reform-bill/
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WBBM) – Education advocates in Illinois are claiming victory in a reform bill which has come together.
As WBBM Newsradio 780’s Dave Dahl reports, a major component of the bill is to make performance, rather than seniority, the priority in determining which teachers to lay off or fire.
Jessica Handy, policy director for Stand for Children Illinois, says this builds upon previously-passed legislation improving evaluations.
“It’s going to look at student growth, not, ‘Do your students reach a benchmark,’ but it’s going to incorporate, ‘How much are you getting your kids to grow each year,” Handy said, “and based on that new performance evaluation model, we want to take it the next step, and let’s incorporate that into personnel decisions.”
Also addressed in the legislation is a move to make it easier to lengthen the school day and school year.
The bill has yet to hit a committee.
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