Wilkinson Pleased with Passed Education Bill

From WLHR Radio, Lavonia

50th district State Senator John Wilkinson says he is pleased with a bill that passed this legislative session that changes how students are tested and how teachers are evaluated.

Speaking last Friday at the annual Policies and Pastries breakfast in Carnesville, Wilkinson, who is vice -chair of the State Senate Education Committee and a former educator, said Senate Bill 364 cuts the number of teacher evaluations down from six to two and cuts the number of standardized tests in half as well.

When it comes to evaluating teachers, Wilkinson says good teachers don’t need to be evaluated as much as they are now, and that time would be better spent working with evaluating the new, younger teachers.

Senate Bill 364 passed unanimously in the State Senate, but was amended in the House where it also passed and is now law.