HUNDREDS TURN OUT AT DEL NORTE HIGH SCHOOL IN ALBUQUERQUE TUESDAY NIGHT TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST THE STATE'S NEW TEACHER EVALUATION PROGRAM. THE PROTESTERS INCLUDED RESIDENTS AND PARENTS FROM OUTSIDE ALBUQUERQUE AS WELL AS THOSE FROM ALBUQUERQUE, APS SUPERINTENDENT WINSTON BROOKS, ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD VICE PRESIDENT KATHY KORTE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL GARY KING. THEY CALLED ON GOVERNOR MARTINEZ AND EDUCATION SECRETARY HANNA SKANDERA TO END THE EVALUATION SYSTEM.
PROTESTERS THE THE NEW SYSTEM RELIES TOO HEAVILY ON HOW STUDENTS DO ON STANDARDIZED TEST AND USES THAT DATA TO EVALUATE TEACHERS. BUT NOT ALL TEACHERS ARE AGAINST SUCH EVALUATION PROGRAMS. SOME SAY IF A TEACHER IS GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO … THEY HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. IF NOT, THEY NEED TO IMPROVE.
