But testing opposition appears to be more closely linked to concerns
about teacher evaluation policies: the top two reasons chosen among a national survey of parents who opted out were, «I oppose using students» performance on standardized tests to evaluate teachers» and «standardized tests force teachers to teach to the test.»
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Congress ultimately chose to exclude any requirements
about teacher evaluation policies from the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, dashing some reformers» hopes for a federal mandate.
Not exact matches
But while most of the attention went to negotiations
about teacher evaluations and standardized tests, new
policies also were put in place for dealing with failing schools.
«The
teacher evaluation moratorium just delays the implementation of a fundamentally flawed
policy that is more
about punishing disadvantaged communities than educating their children,» Jones said.
Most of the issues
about which they have concerns — whether it's standards, assessments,
teacher evaluation, or something else — are
policies developed at the state or federal level.
The paper is clever, and fine as far as it goes, but leaves me concerned
about the direction of
teacher evaluation policy.
If the new information surprises respondents by indicating the district is doing less well than previously thought, the public, upon learning the truth of the matter, is likely to 1) lower its
evaluation of local schools; 2) become more supportive of educational alternatives for families; 3) alter thinking
about current
policies affecting
teacher compensation and retention; and 4) reassess its thinking
about school and student accountability
policies.
As Sandi Jacobs, managing director of state
policy for the National Council on
Teacher Quality, said, «There wasn't enough concern about how these things [the Common Core and teacher evaluation] were running down the path together until the tests became an issue.
Teacher Quality, said, «There wasn't enough concern
about how these things [the Common Core and
teacher evaluation] were running down the path together until the tests became an issue.
teacher evaluation] were running down the path together until the tests became an issue.»
In this episode of the EdNext podcast, Marty West talks with Chad Aldeman, a principal at Bellwether Education Partners who worked as a
policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Education,
about what went right and what went wrong with
teacher evaluation reform.
However, save for anecdotal evidence, we know very little
about whether and how state education
policy makers take their voices into account — or any other voices, for that matter — when making
policy decisions related to
teacher evaluation and tenure.
We know very little
about whether and how state education
policy makers take
teacher voices into account — or any other voices, for that matter — when making
policy decisions related to
teacher evaluation and tenure.
Lead author of Rhetoric vs. Reality: What We Know and What We Need to Know
About Vouchers and Charter Schools, he has published in the Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, Educational
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Teachers College Record, Peabody Journal of Education, Education Next, the Handbook of Research on School Choice, and the Encyclopedia of Education Economics and Finance.
You'd think the respondents would be more concerned
about that, given their very negative take on Washington's efforts to improve
teacher evaluation — with 81 % strongly believing that federal
policy should not «support
teacher evaluation systems that rely significantly on» student test scores.
This
policy report provides state leaders and technical assistance providers with information
about the design and requirements of
teacher evaluations systems for early childhood
teachers in 11 states.
There was clear agreement that
policy makers need to respond to complaints from
teachers and parents
about too much testing,
about accountability systems that misidentify schools as being either excellent or in need of intervention, and
about state - mandated
teacher evaluation systems that have consumed
policy attention and controversy for little payoff in student achievement.
Moreover, the two premises represent a tautology — student test score growth is the most important measure, and we have to choose other
teacher evaluation measures based on their correlation with student test score growth because student test score growth is the most important measure... This point, by the way, has already been made
about the Gates study, as well as
about seniority - based layoffs and
about test - based
policies in general.
Recent national
policy initiatives, such as implementation of Common Core State Standards,
teacher evaluation, and school leadership
evaluation, have raised new questions
about the future of public education.
In 2011, the National Education Association passed a
policy statement on
teacher evaluation, aiming to influence the
policy conversation
about revamped systems.
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She writes in that letter
about the test - based
evaluation of
teachers and principals, a
policy that's received increasing national attention from
policy makers.
Access the snapshots at the following links:
Teacher Evaluations: Read more
about State Education
Policy Tracking -LSB-...]
The new law significantly reduces the legal authority of the education secretary, who is now legally barred from influencing state decisions
about academic benchmarks, such as the Common Core State Standards,
teacher evaluations and other
policies.
So, instead of preparing remarks
about teacher leadership,
evaluation, or career pathways, instead of talking
about education
policy or equity, curriculum or assessment, I had a much different set of questions to...
At the launch of E4E - LA's
teacher evaluation policy paper,
teachers presented ideas to LAUSD superintendent John Deasy and left abuzz with conversation
about...
«Most of these districts are trying really hard to think
about teacher evaluation in a good way and to use it developmentally, but there's still some cultural challenges,» Sarah W. Lenhoff, the assistant director of
policy and research at the Education Trust - Midwest, said
about the Michigan results.
The report examines
teacher evaluation policies in the 30 states that require objective Read more about Running in Place: How New Teacher Evaluations Fail to Live Up to Promises -L
teacher evaluation policies in the 30 states that require objective Read more
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Teacher Evaluations Fail to Live Up to Promises -L
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LAUSD is still in the early stages of implementing its new
evaluation matrix and Ed Voice, curious
about whether other schools were following suit, launched its review of
teacher evaluation policies.
I am talking
about the pilot project for
teacher evaluation, not the licensure
policy.
A paper recently released by the Brookings Institute (click here to read the paper in full) has «added» some «value» to our thinking
about the use of observations in the
teacher evaluation systems of topic here, and most all educational
policy circles these days.
Users can learn more
about a
teacher's life in those districts, from salaries and benefits to
evaluation policies, length of school day and year and many other topics.
In another question, ConnCAN asks
about a
policy that would «Promote and pay
teachers and school leaders based on an
evaluation system that takes into account students» achievement growth as well as contributions to the school, leadership skills, and professional practice.»
For more
about Connecticut's flawed
teacher evaluation policies check out the following Wait, What?
Read
Policy Priorities for more insights
about why proper training of incoming
teachers provides a logical first step in helping students reap the benefits of the new standards; how the standards could affect
teacher evaluations; the federal government's plans to improve the effectiveness of
teacher preparation programs; and how some states, such as New Jersey, have effectively engaged all stakeholders in moving
teacher preparation programs and the standards forward.
Where the groups seem to converge, though, is that their members are gradually becoming involved in conversations
about policy, ranging from
teacher evaluation to seniority to professional development.
's most recent post,
about the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's $ 45 million worth of bogus Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) studies that were recently honored with a 2013 Bunkum (i.e., meaningless, irrelevant, junk) Award by the National Education
Policy Center (NEPC), it seems that the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation are, once - again, «strong - arming states [and in this case a large city district] into adoption of
policies tying
teacher evaluation to measures of students» growth.»
When the National Education Association held its membership conference over Independence Day weekend, it made headlines for endorsing Barack Obama early; for a speech Joe Biden gave
about keeping the union - supporting «family» in tact; and adapting a
teacher evaluation policy that would — barring a few caveats — take into account student performance on standardized tests.
Reviews of
policies and curricula pertaining to sexuality education have shown that while many countries have established curricula, little is known
about their use in schools — the degree of implementation, the mode and quality of the instruction, the existence of program monitoring and
evaluation tools, the adequacy and quality of
teacher training, the level of support for or opposition to the subject, and the effectiveness of existing programs in achieving desired knowledge and behavioral outcomes among students.28 — 33 Small - scale reviews of school - based programs run by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have been conducted in Kenya, but there has not been a review of the government's sexuality education program in schools.34, 35
Reviews of
policies and curricula pertaining to sexuality education have shown that while many countries have established curricula, little is known
about their use in schools — the degree of implementation, the mode and quality of the instruction, the existence of program monitoring and
evaluation tools, the adequacy and quality of
teacher training, the level of support for or opposition to the subject, and the effectiveness of existing programs in achieving desired knowledge and behavioral outcomes among students.10, 24 — 27 This report provides a detailed snapshot of how the
policies related to sexuality education in Ghana are translated into practice and what students,
teachers and heads of schools think
about them.