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Wednesday, 31 August 2011 07:10 |
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ A new standard for teacher evaluations in South Dakota is on hold after state lawmakers declined to approve it.
The legislative rules committee on Tuesday told state Education Department officials that they hadn't provided enough information. The committee won't act on the matter for at least another month. Sioux Falls Democratic Sen. Angie Buhl says legislators were given only a paragraph of information about the evaluation program. Legislators also called out education officials for being unprepared and being unable to answer basic questions. Deputy Education Secretary Mary Stadick-Smith told the Argus Leader newspaper after the meeting that the person with the information was out of the office and unavailable to testify. (Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) |
