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Injunction Sought On New Mexico Teacher Evaluations

Two New Mexico teacher unions are seeking an injunction to halt the use of student tests as part of the state's teacher evaluation system.

Lawyers for the American Federation of Teachers New Mexico and the Albuquerque Teachers Federation are scheduled Tuesday to make their case before a Santa Fe County district judge.

The unions say the evaluation system is forcing veteran educators to retire or have their licenses jeopardized. They want the evaluation system tossed.

Public Education Department spokesman Robert McEntyre called the suit a "disappointing distraction" from the agency's mission of providing a quality education to every child.

He says previous attempts to undermine the evaluation system already have been rejected by state courts.

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