State and city officials said they looked to New Haven's school system, which overhauled its evaluation system two years ago.

WSJ: Teacher Evaluation Deal Reached

State law pushed by Cuomo to protect federal Race to the Top funding required all of New York's nearly 700 school districts to have an approved evaluation system in place by Jan. 17 in order to receive a state aid increase in the current school year.

WSJ: Court blocks NY from reducing aid to NYC schools

The governor had set a January deadline for school districts to comply with a 2010 state law requiring an evaluation system for all teachers.

WSJ: Judge Blocks Cuomo Cuts for Schools

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said Thursday the district would move to fire teachers who receive low ratings due to incompetence in two consecutive years if a new teacher-evaluation system isn't in place by the time school starts this fall.

WSJ: City Moving to Strengthen Teacher Pool

We could see why Mary Ann is a master teacher, a distinction given to the school's best teachers and an important component of a teacher-evaluation system in Eagle County.

WSJ: Bill Gates on the Importance of Measurement

As evidence, union officials provided a state form filled out by DOE officials that said the evaluation system would be in effect for two years, ending with the 2013-14 school year.

WSJ: Teacher Evaluation Deal Falls Apart