Several representatives expressed concern that the individual performance part of the consideration placed too much of an emphasis on standardized test scores. However the bill's sponsor, Education Committee Chairman Scott Dieckhaus, R-Washington, said the bill does not specify what that evidence would be. The district would be required to set those standards for each district.
Although the bill was assigned to the House Education Committee, Committee Chairman Scott Dieckhaus, R-Washington, said there will not be a hearing on the bill.
The Senate's version of the education package is sponsored by Sen. Jane Cunningham, R-St. Louis County, and it would allow the unaccredited Kansas City district to be divided among the surrounding districts. The measure would also create a tax credit scholarship program for students living in a failing district to enroll in a private school. Rep. Scott Dieckhaus, R-Washington, is sponsoring the House version.
Wrap: Republican Representative Scott Dieckhaus sponsors a bill proposing a 40 million dollar passport scholarship program pulled out from general revenue.
Contracts would no longer be awarded based on seniority but annual evaluations based on teacher and student performance. According to the bill's sponsor, Republican Rep. Scott Dieckhaus, student performance would be based on growth over time and not only standardized test scored.
"Student growth is significantly more than standardized test scores," said the bill's sponsor Rep. Scott Dieckhaus, R-Washington. "It's tracking where the students are and where the student winds up."
The stickers targeted Democratic Senators Victor Callahan, Jolie Justus, Kiki Curls, Robin Wright-Jones, and Marie Chappelle-Nadal. Also Republican House Representative Scott Dieckhaus received a sticker. Of the five senators targeted, Callahan, Justus and Curls represent the Kansas City area, while Wright-Jones and Chappelle-Nadal represent the St. Louis area.
Several representatives expressed concern that the individual performance part of the consideration placed too much of an emphasis on standardized test scores. However the bill's sponsor, Education Committee Chairman Scott Dieckhaus, R-Washington, said the bill does not specify what that evidence would be. The district would be required to set those standards for each district.
Representatives questioned the bill's sponsor Rep. Scott Dieckhaus, R-Washington, about the emphasis on "data" and "student growth" in teacher evaluations.
Representatives questioned the bill's sponsor Rep. Scott Dieckhaus, R-Washington, about the emphasis on "data" and "student growth" in teacher evaluations.
The stickers targeted Democratic Sens. Victor Callahan, Jolie Justus, Kiki Curls, all of Jackson County in the Kansas City area, and Robin Wright-Jones and Marie Chappelle-Nadal of St. Louis City. Rep. Scott Dieckhaus, R-Washington, also had a cross-hair sticker on his door.
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