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Every Teacher, Principal at Failing Michigan School Classified "Highly Effective"

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Every teacher and principal in the Hazel Park School District's four elementary schools, junior high and high school were given "highly effective" ratings in 2011-12 by administrators despite district-wide failing grades for student achievement.

The state of Michigan gave Hazel Park High School an "F" for student achievement in 2011-12 in all four of the measured subjects — reading, science, social studies and math. Yet every teacher was given the highest rating in the new state-mandated evaluation of teachers.