{"id":5512,"date":"2015-07-20T13:29:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T17:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=5512"},"modified":"2015-07-21T00:48:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T04:48:51","slug":"school-by-school-brick-teacher-rankings-99-percent-effective-or-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2015\/07\/school-by-school-brick-teacher-rankings-99-percent-effective-or-better\/","title":{"rendered":"School by School Brick Teacher Rankings: 99 Percent ‘Effective’ or Better"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brick Township Memorial High School (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

New Jersey officials released the first ever rankings of schools and school districts based on a new teacher evaluation system Thursday, with reactions ranging from polite pats on the back, to confusion, to outrage.<\/p>\n

Brick fared well in the 2013-14 ranking, with one of the state\u2019s highest percentage of teachers receiving \u201ceffective\u201d evaluations or better. The district did, however, receive the second-lowest number of teachers statewide who received \u201chighly effective\u201d evaluation scores. Just two percent of teachers were ranked that way, though factors such as the district\u2019s individual evaluation practices come into play when determining how effective teachers are judged to be.<\/p>\n

The evaluation rankings, known as \u201cAchieveNJ,\u201d which includes a number of methods to rank teachers including, in some cases, their students\u2019 grades. About 15 percent of teacher evaluations counted in the state\u2019s rankings had their students\u2019 performance factored in. The vast majority of teachers statewide received rankings of effective or highly effective, but about 2,900 received scores that were \u201cpartially effective\u201d or \u201cineffective.\u201d The law that created AchieveNJ requires those teachers to receive extra support and to demonstrate progress over time to earn or maintain tenure.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile one year of this new data is insufficient for identifying sustained trends or making sweeping conclusions about the state\u2019s teaching staff, we are proud of this significant improvement and the personalized support all educators are now receiving,\u201d said Peter Shulman, Assistant Commissioner of Education and Chief Talent Officer.<\/p>\n

How Brick\u2019s Teachers Ranked<\/strong><\/p>\n