The administration has also allocated federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) money for «persistently low - performing» schools adopting the Transformation model, which requires an overhaul of
current teacher evaluation practices.
Not exact matches
The
current approved
teacher practice evaluation instrument list is available here in PDF or Word.
Recognizing the challenges associated with use of student growth and assessment data in the high stakes
evaluation of
teachers and administrators, MASSP in collaboration with MASA has designed a one day institute April 25, 2018 for central office and K - 12 building administrators,
teacher leaders, and others responsible for managing student data to come together as a team to revisit
current practice, identify areas of strength and challenge within their system, and make plans to further address growth requirements for the future.
Despite growing momentum to reform
teacher evaluation in order to increase its impact on
teachers»
practice and persistence in the profession, very little research examines how
current reforms influence
teachers» attitudes or reported instructional
practices.
Advocates of value - added measures will argue that our
current evaluation practices are even less accurate; we currently allocate
teacher salaries based on years on the job and degrees obtained — criteria that have virtually no relationship to student learning.
The Tennessee House of Representatives passed legislation today (HB 108) that makes changes to
current practice in
teacher evaluation as Tennessee transitions to its new testing regime, TNReady.
In Texas, for example,
current policies do not align
teacher evaluations or
teacher dismissal
practices to the Texas Constitution's goal of creating a «diffusion of knowledge.»