Tougher N.J. teacher evaluations aim to highlight the best

... evaluations will be more consequential because earning tenure and keeping it will be tied to getting good ratings. Newark has gone a step further; a contract signed last year gives teachers raises only if they are rated "effective" or "highly ...

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