Teachers have many concerns about education rules and regulations. Depending on the areas of intervention of teachers, they could be concerned about the development of special education; if their primary focus is athleticism, they care about passing/playing; If a teacher is responsible for an organization that needs additional funds, he or she is concerned about new fundraising rules that treat raffles as games of chance. Overall, they all have legitimate concerns. The new teacher evaluation system, however, seems to be the more relevant and pressing concern. The state's new evaluation system was a response to administrators producing "superficial and capricious teacher evaluation systems that often do not even directly address the quality of teaching." , and even less student learning” (Toch, 2008). Too often, the “good old boy” attitude would ensure that mediocre educators would keep their jobs. Realizing that this was often more the rule than the exception, the governor created educational mandates to focus “on supporting and developing effective teachers to promote student success” (Marzano Center, 2013). Initially, they expected school districts and teachers to encounter problems and 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, the teachers interviewed were concerned about the then-new evaluation system – especially after being whipped by media-induced negative hysteria that declared, “SBA and other test scores are used to measure growth of student results according to the PED model and are supposed to count for 50. percent of the overall assessment” [emphasis added] (Last, 2013...... middle of article ......lltext /ED543776.pdfMarzano Center - New Mexico Education Reform (nd). Marzano Center - New Mexico Education Reform. -education-reform/Skandera, H. (2013). New Mexico State Regional Training ppt. state.nm: http://ped.state.nm.us/ped/NMTeachIndex.htmlTeachers Matter: Understanding the impact of teachers on student achievement (n.d.). RAND Corporation provides objective research and public policy analysis services. Retrieved November 9, 2013 from http://www.rand.org/education/projects/measuring-teacher-effectness/teachers-matter.html Toch, T. (nd). Membership. instructional leadership: expecting excellence: correcting teacher evaluation. Accessed November 8, 2013, from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/oct08/vol66/num02/Fixing-Teacher-Evaluation.aspx