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House adopts ProExcel education package to strengthen teacher evaluation, incentives and induction
Summary
House Bill 381 (ProExcel) passed the House on Feb. 21, 2007. The measure requires district-level teacher-evaluation instruments tied to student-performance growth, funds market incentives for high-need fields and creates leadership and induction supports for educators.
Representative Mann presented House Bill 381 (ProExcel), a multi-faceted education reform bill designed to improve teacher effectiveness and retention. ProExcel contains three primary elements: leadership training for principals, a requirement that each district adopt an effective teacher-evaluation instrument that incorporates student-performance growth measures, and a market-incentive compensation program to address shortages in math, science and special education.
Mann described the bill as the culmination of a year…
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