Houston Independent School District Superintendent Terry Grier spoke about his plan to tie teacher evaluations to their students' test scores at a school board agenda review meeting Monday. The performance-based review would be one of more than 30 factors considered when a teacher's contract is up for renewal.

The Houston Chronicle broke the story earlier this week and reports that eight of the nine trustees have expressed support for Grier's plan, which is up for consideration by the school board Thursday.

"We're not talking about the majority of teachers in HISD. I'm not talking about creating a process to have a witch hunt or to go out and create massive morale problems with our teachers," Grier said at the Monday meeting.



We've also traded messages with Gayle Fallon, the president of the Houston Federation of Teachers, which opposes the plan. If we can reach her tomorrow, we'll post a clip from her as well.

Also check out coverage by:
Houston Press
KIAH-TV Channel 39
KTRK-TV Channel 13

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