The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education passed a resolution that supports postponement of a new teacher evaluation system at a meeting on June 11.
The resolution supports Assembly Resolution 180, which seeks to postpone full implementation of the state-wide evaluation system for one year. The system is part of the TEACHNJ act passed last year.
The new teacher evaluation system, which is part of an overall assessment package that also includes the new standardized testing, is one of the unfunded mandates handed down by the N.J. Department of Education and is expected to come into effect in 2013-14.
“Many of the recent mandates from the state, all are unfunded and on the fast track, work against the efforts of the professionals who are hard at work educating our students,” board president Timothy Quinn said in a statement at the meeting.
Quinn said schools are being asked to implement these changes quickly. By postponing the new system, schools have more time to study, evaluate and implement the changes in a way that is best for students.
AR180 is proposed by Assemblyman Patrick Deignan and Assemblywoman Mila Jasey, who are both members of the Assembly Education Committee and co-sponsors of the TEACHNJ Act.
