Fla. education chief defends teacher evaluations

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s interim education commissioner told worried lawmakers on Thursday that glitches in the first release of scores under the state’s new teacher evaluation system were being fixed and that there’s no reason to delay its implementation.

The Department of Education took down a website showing nearly 97 percent of Florida teachers were rated “effective” or “highly effective” in the last school year within hours of putting it up on Wednesday.