Teachers could be rated based on how much they lift student achievement, if a big-business think tank has its way. "Parents deserve transparent information about the quality of schools, and schools need better comparative data to support their improvement strategies," it says. But the report does not take the next step, which teacher unions have feared, of linking teachers' performance directly to their pay. "The students report on their learning," says principal Dr Cherie Taylor-Patel. (The NZ averages for writing, for example, are 71 per cent for all students and 62 per cent for Māori).

Source: New Zealand Herald July 05, 2017 18:00 UTC