Many desks were empty in this classroom at Valley Stream...

Many desks were empty in this classroom at Valley Stream Memorial Junior High School as students opted out of taking the state's English Language Arts test Thursday, April 16, 2015. Credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Reading "The puzzle of teacher evaluations" [Editorial, May 10], I believe that teacher evaluations could be based simply on whether a teacher's former students need remedial English and or math when they continue their education.

Louis Puglia, Massapequa Park

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