Sentences with phrase «evaluation system in place»

A majority of public schools have failed to meet a state deadline to have a new teacher evaluation system in place.

According to the state's new tenure law, every district must have a revamped evaluation system in place by next school year.

During the 2012 - 13 school year, each of those six were in the «pilot» or «partial implementation» stage of putting their new evaluation systems in place.

Since then, many states have worked to put more rigorous evaluation systems in place, including incorporating student test scores.

Secondly, get a real evaluation system in place that utilizes standardized tests and includes principal and expert evaluations.

The governor's proposed legislation will ensure that New York City has a new teacher evaluation system in place for the coming school year.

The new evaluation system, if approved by the legislature, would require all Michigan schools to have an educator evaluation system in place by 2015 - 16.

As mentioned in last week's Capitol Connection, Harkin's bill eliminates the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) model and allows states to use the accountability and teacher evaluation systems in place under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waivers or to create new systems that establish their own student academic performance standards.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Coalition Co-Leaders Dean Skelos and Jeff Klein, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today detailed an agreement to guarantee every school district has a permanent teacher and principal evaluation system in place by June 1st.

NJ Spotlight spoke with three of the pilot program applicants, each with its own evaluation system in place and its own reasons for wanting to jump into the fray for what may be the most controversial issue in schools today: how to judge a good teacher.

«It's for that reason that, today, we have agreed to delay the start of these pilots until we are satisfied that we have a robust, independent evaluation system in place; and until we have taken more time to engage and discuss the pilots, picking up on comments made on how they could be improved.»

With every New Jersey school district tasked with having a new teacher evaluation system in place by next fall, the experiences of the handful of districts that have been testing the tools for the past two years are in high demand.

Districts must enroll more than 2,000 students and have evaluations systems in place for teachers, principals and superintendents.

And other teachers worried about putting the new evaluation systems in place at a time when standards and tests are changing, thanks to the Common Core State Standards.

States that already have evaluation systems in place under their waiver plans do not have to change them.

New York also has a stringent new evaluation system in place — which the teachers union has fought vigorously — that lets districts move quickly to fire teachers who are rated ineffective for two consecutive years.

While many organizations may already have an evaluation system in place, the Coach Rating System provides a unique perspective from the parents.

He says there's no evaluation system in place yet, «because the bureaucracy doesn't want one».

The true key to education reform is a teacher evaluation system, he said — noting New York's school districts have evaluation systems in place.

She cited Cuomo's desire to have a teacher evaluation system in place to make sure the students receive the best education.

In addition to 2012 - 13 being the final school year before the largest piece of the comprehensive elementary redistricting plan is put into action, there's also a new state - mandated teacher evaluation system in place.

Tisch and her colleagues on the 17 - member education policymaking board have argued that Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers set an unrealistic timeline for putting the new evaluation system in place.

«No evaluation system is in place because the bureaucracy doesn't want one,» he said, adding, «We will put an evaluation system in place that represents the students first.»

They think, «If I just put an evaluation system in place, then it will be good,» or, «If I put charter schools in place, it'll be good.»

Investing in professional development without an evaluation system in place is like launching a Weight Watchers group without any bathroom scales or mirrors.

His home state of Tennessee — one of the original Race to the Top victors — is putting one of the country's most aggressive teacher evaluation systems in place.

But for other education groups, their support for the Pavlov bills signaled maybe more of a desire to get a new teacher evaluation system in place to avoid the problems of keeping the current law than a true belief that the bill is best public policy available.

Evan observes that the district and the union need to focus on getting an evaluation system in place that will improve the feedback teachers receive (WCNY).

The Stull decision gave teachers and parents hope we'd have an evaluation system in place by December.

And districts that are well - run, and have good teacher evaluation systems in place, can get rid of veteran teachers that don't meet a standard and [don't] improve after that point.

How that is done is where it can get complicated, however, and New Jersey is only starting to grapple with that issue as it demands every district have an evaluation system in place by next fall.

The timeline is tight, with the final approval scheduled for the fall, when districts are required to have the evaluation systems in place and judging teachers.

Last week, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders announced measures designed to help put an evaluation system in place.

The government's health insurance scheme will have a strong monitoring and evaluation system in place.