EDITORIAL: Indiana's new teacher ratings aren't making the grade

It would be hard not to be a bit skeptical of a system that produced such results, wouldn't it?

In some quarters, that's the sort of reaction greeting the results of Indiana's first teacher evaluations. According to data released this week, about 88 percent of teachers and administrators statewide were rated as effective or highly effective, with only about 2 percent reported needing improvement.

That's "needs improvement," not "ineffective" -- which less than half a percent were found to be.