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.