Sentences with phrase «for educator evaluation»

Participants will receive training and support for building a solid local infrastructure for educator evaluation that meets all state requirements while fostering learning, growth, and adaptation.

To be clear, the ASA stopped short of outright condemning the use of VAM for educator evaluation, and declared that its statement was designed to provide guidance, not prescription.

Rather, I stated (accurately) that «The Gates Foundation, for example, makes it clear that the foundation supports the use of student test data for educator evaluation even as it declares the need for a two - year moratorium, the purpose of which is to allow teachers the time to adjust to the new Common Core Standards and related tests.»

Similarly, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), which is arguably the leading international educator organization comprised of 125,000 members in more than 130 nations, also recently released a policy brief that also calls for a two - year moratorium on high stakes use of state tests — including their use for educator evaluations.

The Gates Foundation, for example, makes it clear that the foundation supports the use of student test data for educator evaluation even as it declares the need for a two - year moratorium, the purpose of which is to allow teachers the time to adjust to the new Common Core Standards and related tests:

69 percent of teachers and 76 percent of administrators thought that the Connecticut guidelines for educator evaluation are clear and assist the PDEC to complete its charge.

Four - year transition period for educator evaluations, called Annual Professional Performance Review, or APPR.

Dr. Patricia Reeves, co-author of the School ADvance Administrator Evaluation system and co-director of School ADvance's GrowthPLUS support network, met with the Education Alliance on October 14, 2013 to share what the School ADvance team is learning about various approaches states are using to address student growth and value added estimates for educator evaluation.

PDECs are responsible for educator evaluation and professional learning, however during a panel presentation to PEAC, EDUCATION CONNECTION Professional Development Specialist Susan Domanico said that PDECs tend to focus on one hat or the other.

The Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) that met last year to develop state guidelines for educator evaluation will meet again Monday for the first time since PEAC members approved the guidelines in June.

Within the last year, three influential organizations — reflecting researchers, practitioners, and philanthropic sectors — have called for a moratorium on the current use of student test score data for educator evaluations, including the use of value - added models (VAMs).

The ASA, in its attempt to provide guidance, identified problems with the current use of VAM for educator evaluation and raised important questions about the potential effects of high stakes use of VAM for educator evaluation: