As you may know, the New York State Commissioner of Education released an APPR survey last Tuesday that took everyone by surprise. 

We (NYSUT) have spent time carefully examining the survey and believe it may lead to unreliable and invalid data due to the way it has been constructed.  As a result, we released the following statement Tuesday evening to the press:

“The state has had at least six years to listen to the voices of teachers and parents who are angry and frustrated with this broken teacher evaluation system. We don't need any more surveys or delays. This is the year to fix it. Evaluations must be returned to local control with no state mandates.”

We won't be encouraging any leaders or members to complete the survey at this time.