Associate Professor Mistilina Sato (Curriculum and Instruction) spoke on MPR's Midmorning recently about her new role on the Minnesota Department of Education's Teacher Evaluation Working Group and what the group is hoping to accomplish.

"I think what this piece of legislation is trying to do is to provide a little bit more uniformity for how we approach teacher evaluation," said Sato. She also talked about the challenges facing Minnesota's education system today, bringing into alignment current successful teacher evaluation models and new models.

Listen to the full story here (Sato's portion begins at 40:00) and learn more about the Teacher Evaluation Working Group here.