Georgia is trying to improve its teaching force by improving the quality of candidates admitted to teacher prep programs and the quality of teachers already in the classroom. I discuss the efforts, which include a controversial new evaluation that considers student test scores. A guest columnist praises the inclusion of student performance in teacher reviews. And readers debate whether schools would improve if students were not tracked into classes by ability.

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