Teacher-Evaluation System Likely to Be Replaced in Miami District

By Bess Keller
Miami

Miami-Dade County school officials are poised to jettison their teacher-evaluation system.

The 5-year-old system is tied to a contract that the Florida district’s former inspector general criticized as flawed in a report that also raised questions of cronyism and conflicts of interest.

In addition, evaluations conducted under the Professional Assessment and Comprehensive Evaluation System, or PACES, failed to prevent two teachers who flunked from winning back their jobs this year in rulings...

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