They offer this reassurance:
And yes, because the new tests are aligned to a higher bar, the percentage of students scoring proficient or above will not be comparable to previous years. Kentucky saw an almost 35% difference between the Common Core scores and its old test results. This does not mean schools are getting worse or students are learning less; this is a completely different baseline.
Transitions take time. This year’s results will not lead to a surge in summer school attendance and are not meant to disadvantage any one teacher or school.
The results will serve a more important purpose: Parents will learn where their children are on the path to college and career readiness, and teachers will get the feedback they need to help their students master the new benchmarks.
Yet these scores WILL be used as part of the new teacher evaluation system next year.
According to a WNYT.com article, the NYSED claims the new Common Core tests won't have much impact on teacher evaluations:
On the State Education website, it says the expected declining scores will have "little or no impact" on principals' or educators' growth scores.
A commenter on the article says the same thing:
I am not sure how they can say it will have no impact on teachers evaluation being that that is why the kids are taking the test. The test scores are part of the evaluation.
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