Only 1 percent of teachers statewide were rated ineffective during the 2012-2013 school year — while a mere 31 percent of their students passed state tests.
In their first year of evaluations, 1,291 of 125,956 state teachers were deemed ineffective, according to data the state Education Department released Thursday
The results prompted education-reform advocates to accuse administrators of going easy on teachers and call for the system to be re-examined.