DCPS considers less emphasis on test scores for teacher evaluations

D.C. Public Schools officials are considering weakening the link between students’ standardized test scores and teachers’ performance on evaluations, The Washington Examiner has learned.

Currently under the Impact evaluations, students’ year-to-year growth on the D.C. Comprehensive Assessment System counts for 50 percent of the evaluations of teachers whose students take the tests. But after holding a series of focus groups with teachers, school officials are considering scaling back the weight of standardized testing, from 50 percent to 35 or 40 percent.