Teachers’ Union digs in over evaluation tests
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- Published on Friday, 18 May 2012 13:51
- Written by Michael Forbes
As long-serving teachers across the nation were honored on National Teachers Day, May 15, rhetoric focused on teacher accountability and the deadlocked initiative to introduce mandatory evaluation tests for the nation’s 1.3 million maestros.
It’s been five years since National Union of Teachers (SNTE) leader Elba Ester Gordillo signed an agreement to introduce teacher testing and on Monday she explained why her movement is still stalling on the issue.
“We won’t support proposals that damage our teachers,” said the gritty union boss, one of the country’s most canny political operators. “We need clear guidelines about what the tests will involve.”
Many SNTE members are wary of being singled out as a bad teachers if they perform poorly in the tests. Teachers often say they feel stigmatized by the media and blamed for everything that is wrong with Mexico’s education system.
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