Senator Frockt Explains his Vote for Tying Test Scores to Teacher Evaluations
One reader sent along to me a response to her e-mail to Senator David Frockt over his vote on Senate bill 5748. I'm printing it in its entirety below. It is nuanced and carefully thought out. I believe the Senator is probably speaking from a position of good faith in what he believes this bill to be. Unfortunately, I do not share that trust/comfort that this bill is merely a way to get back the NCLB waiver. If you read his letter, it seems like he thinks it does almost nothing and, of course, that makes no sense because no one created this bill just to do very little. Perhaps it is just a foot in the door but it's kind of a Shaq foot in the door. (I'm going to highlight relevant sections in red along with some comments.)