Louisiana as Model in Teacher Assessment

Secretary Duncan is pointing to Louisiana for how they are assessing teachers by including achievement scores.....what do you think?

Louisiana Serves as Model in Teacher Assessment - Through an initiative that Educ. Secretary Arne Duncan calls a model for the nation, Louisiana has become the first state to tie student test scores into a chain of evaluation that reaches all the way to teacher colleges. Programs that fail to perform on this new metric could face shake-ups or, in extreme cases, closure. Univ. of Louisiana – Lafayette, a major teacher producer already is working to fix possible flaws in its program that the state board of regents identified based on 3 years of test data of 1st and 2nd year teachers. Thus, it will offer professional development to any alumni with gaps in teaching skills, and increase writing and grammar instruction for undergrads.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/12/AR2009121202631.html