Ask questions for Wednesday teacher evaluation chat

Originally published: March 12, 2012 12:45 PM
Updated: March 12, 2012 5:18 PM
By NEWSDAY

Photo credit: Newsday | Michael Dawidziak, left, and Arnold Dodge are answering questions about the pros and cons of New YorkState teacher evaluations.

New York State and its teacher unions have reached an historic agreement to rate public school teachers’ job performance, based in part on their students’ scores on standardized tests of English and math.

Many questions must be settled: Should teachers’ names and ratings be made public? How exactly will teachers’ classroom success be compared with that of colleagues, given that students differ in terms of family background and other factors?

To address these questions and others, newsday.com is hosting a Web chat from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Long Islanders are invited to submit questions and comments, both in advance and in real time, for selection and responses from our panelists.

Guest panelists are Arnold Dodge, assistant professor and chairman of the Department of Educational Leadership and Administration at the LIU Post campus in Brookville, and Michael Dawidziak, a Bohemia-based political consultant, pollster and frequent contributor to Newsday’s opinion section. John Hildebrand, Newsday’s senior education reporter, will serve as moderator.

Be sure to post your questions ahead of time by entering them into the box below. If you're reading this on your mobile device, you can email questions to tc.mccarthy@newsday.com.