Board stalls vote to remove student growth goals from SD teacher evaluation requirements

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South Dakota's Board of Education Standards halted a plan to remove student growth from teacher evaluations.

The decision comes after internal concerns and the anticipation of legislative pushback.

Current rules linking teacher performance to student learning objectives will remain in place.

A plan to remove an expectation of student growth from South Dakota’s rules governing teacher evaluation rules stalled Monday.

Student growth is one performance outcome among many used to track student achievement. It’s also part of the mix of factors used to measure teacher quality.

The South Dakota Board of Education Standards voted to rescind a previous decision to hold a public hearing on the effort to remove student growth from teacher evaluations. The rules will contin