By Dr. Paul M. Healey, PA Principals Association Executive Director-Elect

   Since the passage of NCLB, individual educators and educational organizations alike have provided testimony and opinions about using a single test taken in the spring of a year to judge overall performance. We all know and understand that no single test should be used to judge a student, a school or a school district.

   Then, as states were being granted waivers from the federal government, we waited our turn in Pennsylvania, with great anticipation, that we would be released from the high stakes test accountability system to the use of a growth model that utilizes multiple measures to judge performance.  And, as the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) rolled out the new educator effectiveness and principal effectiveness frameworks as part of Act 82, we clearly saw a move towards using multiple measures and we took comfort in knowing that our voices were finally heard.

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