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The Michigan Education Association was criticized Tuesday for pressuring lawmakers to water down teacher evaluation rules in the state's school reform package, resulting in Michigan losing out a second time on millions in federal funds.

Michigan requires only a "significant" portion of teacher job reviews be linked to student data, leaving open to interpretation how much of teachers' final ratings would be based on test scores. Delaware and Tennessee, the only winners in the first round of Race to the Top awards in March, require at least 50 percent of teachers' evaluations be based on their students' performance.