COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Education officials tried to reassure teachers and principals Monday that a statewide system evaluating their performance is still years away and will involve much more than test scores.

Roughly 400 educators filled a Columbia middle school auditorium for the last in a series of public meetings on Superintendent Mick Zais’ proposals, currently being preliminarily tested in 22 schools. Similar gatherings were held in Beaufort, Greenville, Charleston and Florence.