When AFT President Randi Weingarten and Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute sat down for their conversation, ?When Reform Touches Teaches,? on Tuesday, teacher evaluation took center stage.? Many teachers feel left out or threatened by ambitious new programs to measure teacher performance, but calls for greater accountability are growing louder.? Moderator Mike Petrilli asked Rick and Randi about teacher evaluation systems, like IMPACT in D.C., and how they should be used.? Here's what they had to say:
Check out breakdowns of their back-and-forth on collective bargaining and Wisconsin, or watch the entire conversation.