Dive Brief:

• The public will decide how Missouri teachers are evaluated now that a proposed measure has made its way to the November ballot.  
• The plan minimizes teacher tenure protection and requires evaluations to be based largely on student test scores.  
• Supporters of the bill got enough signatures to get the proposal featured onto the ballot and believe it will celebrate good teachers while helping those who are struggling.    

Dive Insight:

Opponents of the measure fear that, if passed, it will perpetuate a standardized test-focused culture. Regardless of how one feels about the measure, letting the public decide its fate appears to be very fair and the most democratic approach to the proposal.