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DC uses performance based teacher evaluations for firings
Washington uses standardized test tied evaluations as a norm with firings for underperformance. Since 2009, about 400 teachers have lost jobs under the system, with 98 let go last month. supporters say reforms raise quality while critics cite instability and mixed test results amid national debate on school reform.
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District of Columbia
Barack Obama
Teachers Union
Kaya Henderson
Henderson
Mary Levy
Congress
Adrian Fenty
Michelle Rhee
Rhee
Vincent Gray
Fenty
Gray
Nathan Saunders
Washington Teachers’ Union
Saunders
Education Department
Tim Daly
New Teacher Project