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elemteach4
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I am a teacher in a public school in Mississippi. I was informed yesterday by the principal, who is new to our school this year, that I am being placed on an improvement plan due to low test scores from my students for the last 4 years. What he failed to take into consideration is the fact that for the last four years, the majority of my students came to me in 3rd grade functioning at least one grade level below where they should be. Many of those students were functioning on kindergarten level!
What would happen if I refused to agree to abide by this plan? What are my legal rights? According to the Director of the Office of Accreditation in the MS Dept. of Ed., a teacher's students have to show gains from one year to the next, but the law doesn't say just how much gain has to be shown. Do I have a right to demand that test scores be pulled from my former students' 2nd grade year and be compared to test scores from the year that I taught them?
Thanks for your help!
What would happen if I refused to agree to abide by this plan? What are my legal rights? According to the Director of the Office of Accreditation in the MS Dept. of Ed., a teacher's students have to show gains from one year to the next, but the law doesn't say just how much gain has to be shown. Do I have a right to demand that test scores be pulled from my former students' 2nd grade year and be compared to test scores from the year that I taught them?
Thanks for your help!