The finally adopted rules require that, under both the state - recommended system and locally - developed and
adopted appraisal systems, beginning with the 2017 - 2018 school year, each teacher appraisal shall include the performance of teachers» students, which the rules define as «how the individual teacher's students progress academically in response to the teacher's pedagogical practice as measured at the individual teacher level by one or more of the following student growth measures:
The rules included provisions for locally
adopted appraisal systems and prompted TCTA's lawsuit.
Not exact matches
Adopt a comprehensive firm - wide performance
appraisal system for formal
appraisals and complement that with regular informal face - to - face meetings.
State law requires the commissioner to
adopt a state - recommended
system for the teacher
appraisal process with criteria based on «observable, job - related behavior, including: (1) teachers» implementation of discipline management procedures; and (2) the performance of teachers» students.»
The final rules define the performance of teachers» students, for T - TESS and locally - developed and
adopted teacher
appraisal systems, as «how the individual teacher's students progress academically in response to the teacher's pedagogical practice as measured at the individual teacher level by one or more of the following student growth measures:
TCTA and several others registered strong objections to this requirement in the rules in public comment with TCTA noting that the commissioner does not have statutory rulemaking authority in particular to require locally - developed and
adopted teacher
appraisal systems to include student performance defined in this way.
PDAS was
adopted in response to legislation that required the commissioner to
adopt a state - recommended
system for the teacher
appraisal process with criteria based on «observable, job - related behavior, including: (1) teachers» implementation of discipline management procedures; and (2) the performance of teachers» students.»
On April 13, 2016, TEA issued finally
adopted rules for its new state - recommended teacher
appraisal system, the Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T - TESS), which goes into effect with the start of the 2016 - 2017 school
system, the Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support
System (T - TESS), which goes into effect with the start of the 2016 - 2017 school
System (T - TESS), which goes into effect with the start of the 2016 - 2017 school year.