Just in case someone thought that state schools Superintendent Nancy Grasmick's proposal to require 50 percent of teacher evaluations to be based on student achievement would sail through the regulatory process, check out Sen. Paul Pinsky's Op Ed piece today. It is clear he doesn't think the state board should go through with the proposal. And it is hard to imagine that his view won't carry a lot of weight when it comes before a committee that he co-chairs in Annapolis. He's also employed by the union.