Dallas To Pilot-Test Teacher-Evaluation System

The Dallas school board has approved a pilot test of a new evaluation system that will take students' academic progress into account in rating teachers.

The system, believed to be the first of its kind, is the final component in the school district's plan for evaluating and monitoring student achievement and improving schools.

The first part of the school-improvement system, in place for the past three years, looks at student performance in individual schools. Schools that show the most improvement receive bonuses from a $2.4 million fund established by the district...

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