School officials across McHenry County have mixed feelings about education reforms that for the first time hold both teachers and administrators accountable for student performance.

On the one hand, officials from Huntley District 158 to Woodstock District 200 agree that reforms by the Legislature should create a more accountable, objective and uniform evaluation system that are in line with reforms pushed by the Obama administration and its Race to the Top initiative.

But officials also are apprehensive about incorporating students’ growth into evaluations and unresolved questions about how to accurately and fairly measure it.