‘Washington Post’ looks at La. teacher assessment

The Washington Post Sunday profiled Louisiana’s efforts to tie teacher evaluations to students’ standardized test scores. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has called the Louisiana effort a model for the nation. “This is simply having the courage to say that great teaching matters,” says Duncan. The program aims to evaluate which colleges are doing the best job of preparing teachers, and could lead to shakeups at some universities. “It’s accountability on steroids,” says E. Joseph Savoie, president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Read the full story here.