Monday, The Lens detailed how teachers prepare to administer annual standardized tests. They must follow the state’s proctoring rules or risk being fired.

Teachers could also be fired if their students don’t score well.

Right now, teachers are judged subjectively — at the beginning of the year, the principal and a teacher discuss how well they think kids will do on tests. But going forward, teachers will be judged on whether their students meet expected outcomes on tests, based on their past performance, behavior and other variables.

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