When Alle-Kiski Valley school superintendents evaluate their principals’ performance this year, student achievement will be half the equation. This school year, the principals’ performance will be evaluated through a set of criteria designed to improve performance and accountability, under the state’s Educator Effectiveness Project. A similar evaluation tool was put into play last year for teachers. “A lot of it is in line with what we are implementing now,” said Matthew Curci, Apollo-Ridge superintendent. “A lot of it has to do with documentation. Obviously, we’ll have to tweak a little bit to fall in line with the state process, but what they’re asking for is similar.”

One aspect of the new evaluation process for principals — that educators don’t like — is the inclusion of how students perform on standardized tests.

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Source: Trib Live (www.triblive.com), Tom Yerace, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, 12:51 a.m.