New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature are considering a commission to design a new teacher evaluation plan, in order to break an impasse over the state budget. But even some lawmakers admit that the compromise is just kicking the can down the road. Cuomo has demanded that education policy changes be passed along with the state budget, or he’ll hold up school aid increases. The Governor and lawmakers are stuck over the issue of how much standardized test results should count toward a teachers’ grade. Cuomo wants 50% of the score to be based on students’ performance on the standardized tests, but Assembly Democrats have resisted. A compromise would be to create a commission, appointed by the governor and majority party legislative leaders. It would decide how to redesign the teacher evaluations. Any additional school aid increases could be delayed until June, when the commission would issue it’s report. Assembly Education Chair Cathy Nolan says the “concept is being
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