20 percent of our number is 40 is that half our number last year if jean harman was your child's
teacher and you had a beef with the way she was doing her job you could have demanded to see her
teacher evaluation but now thanks to a little known provision of the state's new education code
That information is secret. That doesn't bother parents like Rose Martinez.
I mean, I never knew they were available, so I mean, I guess it really doesn't matter to me.
And Jean Harmon says she doesn't mind parents seeing her evaluation.
I don't think it matters to me. I think I'm very comfortable with my parents knowing what kind of evaluation I have, what kind of test scores I have.
But other teachers are glad the evaluation forms are now off limits.
They say parents can get misleading information from the forms about the teacher and how the class is run.
Robert Ando says an evaluation form might unfairly make a good teacher look bad.
Some administrators might pick on certain areas rather than others,
and so therefore it wouldn't be an even evaluation.
Nancy Monson of the Freedom of Information Foundation was shocked when she heard about the change.
The public has the right to the accountability.
She says teachers are public servants, and parents have a right to know how they're doing.
The basic evaluation should be available to parents.
I mean, we're dealing with our children here and who those people that are working with them day in and day out.
I mean, I just, I am incredulous.
I can't believe this went through.
She wants the rule repealed.
Meanwhile, schools that provide information to students will be giving a little less to parents.
Brian Mylar, Texas News 5.