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Committee advances bill to exclude chronically absent students from teacher value-added scores
Summary
A measure described in the hearing would prevent inclusion of certain absent students' test results in the value-added teacher assessment model; the committee voted to report the bill favorably.
A bill read into the record by committee staff (record identifies the measure as a proposal to amend Title 17 regarding teacher and administrator evaluations) would prohibit inclusion of test scores or data from certain students in the value-added assessment model used for educator evaluation. Representative Stagnick (read in as sponsor) said the bill addresses situations where teachers are judged on outcomes for students who are not present: "If the child isn't in the classroom, you can't judge the teacher on that."
Cynthia Posney of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers told the committee that fair and accurate evaluations are important because they affect teachers' employment and advancement. Senator Jackson Andrews moved to report the bill favorably; the motion carried with no objection and the measure was reported favorably. The read-in language indicates the bill treats excused absences in the same way as unexcused absences for the purpose of value-added calculations; no committee amendments were recorded in the transcript.
