There are many concerns that teachers have regarding rules and regulations in education. Depending on teachers' areas of interest, they may be concerned about the development of special education; if their primary focus is athletics, they worry about passing/play; If a teacher heads an organization that needs extra funds, he or she is concerned about new fundraising rules that view lotteries as gambling. All in all, they all have legitimate concerns. The new teacher evaluation system, however, seems to be the most relevant and urgent concern. The new state evaluation system was a response to administrators who produced “superficial and capricious teacher evaluation systems that often do not even directly address the quality of education.” , much less measure student learning” (Toch, 2008). Too often, the “good guy” attitude would ensure that mediocre educators remain employed. Realizing that this was often more the rule than the exception, the governor created educational mandates to focus “on supporting and training effective teachers to drive student achievement” (Marzano Center, 2013). Initially, they expected that school districts and teachers would struggle and experience growing pains, but ultimately the goal was to “improve teacher performance, year after year, with a corresponding increase in student achievement” (Marzano Center, 2013). Initially, teachers interviewed were concerned about the new evaluation system, especially after being lashed by media-induced negative hysteria that stated, "SBA and other test scores are used to measure student achievement growth under the PED model and they should count for 50". percentage of overall grade” [emphasis added] (Last, 2013...... middle of document ......lltext/ED543776.pdfMarzano Center - New Mexico Education Reform. (nd). Marzano Center - New Mexico Reform of Education. Retrieved November 10, 2013, from http://www.marzanocenter.com/my-state/New-mexico-education-reform/Skandera, H. (2013) NM State Regional Education, ppt. nm: http://ped.state.nm.us/ped/NMTeachIndex.htmlTeachers Matter: Understanding Teachers' Impact on Student Achievement (n.d.). on November 9, 2013 from http://www.rand.org/education/projects/measuring-teacher-effectiveness/teachers-matter.htmlToch, T. (n.d.). of teachers. Retrieved November 8, 2013, from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/oct08/vol66/num02/Fixing-Teacher-Evaluation.aspx.