Sentences with phrase «component of the evaluation»

Many states and districts are adopting commercially available teacher observation instruments for the professional practice component of their evaluation systems.

And we haven't even talked about the other components of the evaluation.

Evidence to document and inform implementation throughout the life of the grant are also often components of our evaluations.

The data is almost surely the most controversial component of the evaluations.

Every other component of the evaluation (methods, sampling, instruments, measures, analysis) flows from this basic design.

Chris Swenson, head of the CDE's Improvement and Accountability Division, said that the API has always been a key component of the evaluation when considering what level of intervention should be applied to a district facing corrective action.

But states should not attempt to define the specific components of evaluation systems or to mandate one system for all of its districts.

If the focus remains on the compliance components of evaluation systems rather than on the practices and processes that create true education reform, then New Jersey is likely to see similar results.

The Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Superintendents incorporate student academic progress as a significant component of the evaluation while encouraging local flexibility in implementation.

Over the past several years, CPS has made significant efforts to improve individual components of the evaluation system through various pilots.

Which is why D.C. school officials have made it the largest component of their evaluation system for teachers in grades with standardized tests.

Linda Charmaraman led the qualitative components of the evaluation.

Loss of Talented Teachers: The move toward using test scores as a key component of evaluations and «merit pay» schemes may well push many talented teachers out of the profession.

To calculate a final evaluation score, mSGPs are converted to a 1.0 - 4.0 score according to the Median Student Growth Percentile Conversion Chart, then weighted and included along with the other components of evaluation.

But think about it: If your premise is that value - added is the most essential component of an evaluation (as does the MET project)-- so much so that all other measures must be correlated with it in order to be included — your bar for precision may not be as high as someone who is still skeptical.

According to Education Week, the report encouraged states to ensure teachers «can not be rated effective if they receive the lowest rating on the student - growth component of their evaluation.»

For very early stage or small companies, specific business plans describing future growth will be a component of the evaluation.

The changes placed greater emphasis on student test scores as a component of evaluations and established financial penalties for any school districts that did not comply.

In the very next sentence, he points out that the MET project has two stated premises guiding its work — that, whenever feasible, teacher evaluations should be based «to a significant extent» on student test score gains; and that other components of evaluations (such as observations), in order to be considered valid, must be correlated with test score gains.

That agreement did not mention specific percentages for the components of an evaluation.

b) High marks on the other components of the evaluation — her principal's appraisal and her lesson plan — were outweighed by the «value - added measure» based solely on student test scores.

Apparently, HISD was holding onto the EVAAS, despite the research surrounding the EVAAS in general and in Houston, in that they have received (and are still set to receive) over $ 4 million in federal grant funds that has required them to have value - added estimates as a component of their evaluation and accountability system (s).

It constrains the principal's judgment and discretion: she may believe a component of the evaluation to be misleading, for instance, but can do nothing to adjust it.

The consulting FMHP can describe the components of an evaluation and what an evaluator is trying to accomplish.

Lundquist has also worked on the design of the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE), and led the component of that evaluation focused on analyzing state needs assessments and plans.

In each site, the key component of the evaluation was an impact analysis that used a rigorous research design to measure the programs» effects on outcomes, including employment, welfare use, and child well - being.