By Adam Clark, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
New Jersey parents and students may have heard that data extracted from the new state tests in English and math will count in the performance evaluation of some teachers for this school year.
That much is simple to explain.
But how that data is calculated, which teachers will have it applied to their evaluation and how it can affect a teacher’s performance rating is much more complicated.
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