Cuomo will step in with his own plan
for teacher evaluation reform if the city can't get its own in place by Jan. 17, 2013.
Similar benefits were not observed in schools implementing the same program the following year with less support from the central office, suggesting the importance of sustained support
for teacher evaluation reform to translate into improved student performance.
To recap, thanks largely to Race to the Top incentives (a cool $ 700 million), a group of New York State reformers, including the state's Commissioner of Education and its Chancellor (the head of the Board of Regents) had pushed
for teacher evaluation reforms that included linking those evaluations to student performance.
Not exact matches
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Cuomo has had an at - times truculent relationship with
teachers unions, especially when it comes to support
for charter schools and other concerns of the education
reform movement, such as stronger
teacher evaluations.
Education
reform — loosely defined as support
for charter school expansion and enhanced classroom standards and
evaluations — had largely subsided as a major issue in 2016
for state lawmakers, but had bitterly divided the Capitol in 2015 as Gov. Andrew Cuomo sought to develop new standards
for public school
teachers.
Cuomo is linking up to $ 1.1 billion in new spending
for education to enacting a number of his education
reform proposals, including lifting the cap on charter schools and a new, more stringent
teacher evaluation process.
But Mr. Malatras has been particularly visible in pushing Mr. Cuomo's education
reform agenda, authoring a long and public letter to the state's Board of Regents and liaising with various interests in Albany as all sides gear up
for a post-budget fight over the specifics of
teacher evaluations.
Elia and the Board of Regents are revising the
teacher and principal
evaluations for the fifth time since 2010, and Pallotta said there's a lot riding on the
reforms, including whether the test boycott movement will continue.
Typically, schools use the governor's budget proposal as a working point
for crafting budgets, but this year Cuomo has proposed tying $ 1.1 billion in school aid increases to his education
reforms, including
teacher evaluations.
He also accused the governor of «demonizing»
teachers and «moving down the wrong path» on standardized testing, though Cuomo has recently done an about - face on that issue, most notably calling — through his latest
reform task force —
for a moratorium on linking test results and
teacher performance
evaluations.
What makes this year different is that Cuomo is pushing
for education
reform measures in the budget — including a tougher
teacher evaluation criteria and a receivership program
for struggling (AKA «failing») schools.
Democratic lawmakers in that chamber already have a number of issues they have to get done: rent control, monitoring the regulations
for the new
teacher evaluation law and an extension of mayoral control
for New York City schools and criminal justice
reform, just to name a few.
«A
teacher evaluation system is his signature education accomplishment and I can't imagine that he would move toward dismantling a
reform he fought so hard
for,» said Campbell Brown, founder of the Parents Transparency Project.
In a joint letter, education
reform groups thanked Governor Cuomo, Senate Leaders Skelos and Klein, and Assembly Speaker Silver
for the substantial improvements you made to New York State's
teacher evaluation law as part of this year's budget.
Cuomo took an aggressive position during his budget and policy address Wednesday, threatening to withhold a significant funding increase
for schools if lawmakers don't approve his controversial
reform proposals, such as an amendment to the state's
teacher -
evaluation system that would increase the ratings» reliance on standardized testing.
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Evaluation System New Poll Shows Robust and Resilient Support; No Excuse Seen
for Losing $ 300 million New York (Nov. 29, 2012)-- A new teacher evaluation system that would ensure that New York City received $ 300 million in additional State education funding enjoys overwhelming support among City voters in general and parents in particular, according to a new poll released today by StudentsFirstNY, the education reform advocacy group, and conducted by Anzalone Liszt Resear
for Losing $ 300 million New York (Nov. 29, 2012)-- A new
teacher evaluation system that would ensure that New York City received $ 300 million in additional State education funding enjoys overwhelming support among City voters in general and parents in particular, according to a new poll released today by StudentsFirstNY, the education reform advocacy group, and conducted by Anzalone Liszt Re
teacher evaluation system that would ensure that New York City received $ 300 million in additional State education funding enjoys overwhelming support among City voters in general and parents in particular, according to a new poll released today by StudentsFirstNY, the education reform advocacy group, and conducted by Anzalone Liszt
evaluation system that would ensure that New York City received $ 300 million in additional State education funding enjoys overwhelming support among City voters in general and parents in particular, according to a new poll released today by StudentsFirstNY, the education
reform advocacy group, and conducted by Anzalone Liszt Research.
On Thursday, with the New York State Board of Regents hearing testimony regarding the newly approved
teacher evaluation system, leading education
reform organization StudentsFirstNY and public school parents offered recommendations and sent letters calling
for a system that ensures all public school students have access to high - quality
teachers.
Cuomo on Wednesday is also expected to outline an aggressive education
reform agenda that will include a push
for more charter schools and additional funding
for them, tougher
teacher evaluation standards, and money
for teacher incentives.
For a long time, one of the signature elements of Mr. Cuomo's education -
reform agenda had been tying
teacher evaluations to the test scores students received on state exams.
Making
teacher evaluations more dependent on test scores,
reforming tenure and adding charter schools in the city were all priorities of StudentsFirstNY and became significant pieces of the governor's agenda
for the 2015 legislative session, which he announced in his State of the State speech on Jan. 21.
Reforms being sought by Cuomo include changing the system
for teacher evaluation, tenure certification and preparation, and giving the state more authority to save schools considered to be «failing» under state
evaluations.
From there Cuomo went on to call
for «major
reform in two areas»:
teacher evaluation and management efficiency.»
For years, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo took a hard - line approach to reforming New York's schools, calling on the state to mandate rigorous evaluations for teachers and to turn schools that fail to meet certain standards over to an outside receiver to opera
For years, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo took a hard - line approach to
reforming New York's schools, calling on the state to mandate rigorous
evaluations for teachers and to turn schools that fail to meet certain standards over to an outside receiver to opera
for teachers and to turn schools that fail to meet certain standards over to an outside receiver to operate.
Magee has become central to the statewide effort to battle
reforms such as standardized testing,
teacher evaluations based on test scores and penalties
for schools that do not meet certain standards.
Included among the proposed
reforms is a
teacher evaluation system based half on student test scores, an increase in the length of time before a
teacher is eligible
for tenure and allowing the state to take over failing schools and districts.
Commissioner Elia and the Board of Regents are revising the
teacher and principal
evaluations for the fifth time since 2010, and Pallotta, with NYSUT, says there's a lot riding on the
reforms, including whether the test boycott movement will continue.
They give a higher
evaluation to private schools than to public ones in their local community, but opposition to market - oriented school -
reform proposals such as performance pay
for teachers and school vouchers seems to be on the rise.
A court victory in the
teacher -
evaluation case would clear the decks
for even more thoroughgoing
reforms of
teacher preparation and support of the kind that Ruszkowski has indicated he is interested in pursuing.
• Hope Street Group, a consulting firm that was instrumental in formulating Race to the Top, sponsors a Teaching Fellows program that awards $ 5,000 stipends
for teachers who are involved in implementing
reforms, such as rigorous
teacher evaluations, in their respective states.
One interpretation of the emphasis on developing the common core curriculum is that these debates provide a convenient diversion from potentially more intractable fights over bigger
reform ideas like using improved
teacher evaluations for personnel decisions, expanded school choice, or enhanced accountability systems.
Discuss those four core
reforms and figure out ways to restructure
teacher evaluations, maximize student test data, and develop models
for change.
Mostly this new ESEA is a rollback of No Child Left Behind, with a few
reform - minded elements (on
teacher evaluations, charter schools) thrown in
for good measure.
Unlike NCLB, however, RttT proffered carrots instead of sticks: money
for recession - strapped states that promised to implement education
reform strategies, specifically, better
teacher -
evaluation practices, including using student performance as a metric; better
teacher training; improved data gathering; and more school turnaround strategies, including more charter schools.
Far from being a «dead end» (as asserted by Marc Tucker in Education Week recently), better
teacher evaluation systems will be vital
for any broad
reform effort, such as implementing the Common Core.
Recent school
reform talk has focused importantly on
teacher evaluations and on using
evaluations for personnel decisions — both positive and negative.
«Clearly, there is a great need
for rigorous
evaluation research, which should focus both on the impact of school discipline
reforms and on their potential unintended consequences,» the authors note, emphasizing that reducing suspensions is a starting point in effective school discipline
reform but that changing school culture can have «spillover» effects on
teachers and peers which raise important questions
for further study.
In an analysis of the program, political scientist William Howell wrote that RttT encouraged applicants to develop «common core state standards,» design a
teacher evaluation plan based in part on the performance of their students, ensure «successful conditions
for high - performing charter schools,» and numerous other
reforms (see «Results of President Obama's Race to the Top,» research, Fall 2015).
It explains reformers» enthusiasm
for test - based accountability;
for «college and career - ready standards»;
for teacher evaluations based, in significant part, on student outcomes;
for «data - based instruction»; and
for much of the rest of the modern - day
reform agenda.
Also in this issue: A look back at what the Obama administration's signature education
reform got wrong, with lessons learned to guide states and districts in refining their
teacher evaluation systems, and a warning on the limits of federally - led school
reform; a proposal
for how to redesign education research under the Every Student Succeeds Act; and a debate on whether there is a federal constitutional right to education.
If the extension makes it into the final spending bills
for fiscal year 2011, advocates say, that could mean more states will take the
reform - minded steps emphasized in the Race to the Top program, such as revamping their
teacher -
evaluation systems and lifting caps on charter schools, in order to get a slice of the competitive grants.
The seminar — promoted through a collaboration between HGSE and the Center
for Public Policy and Educational
Evaluation (Centro de Políticas Públicas e Avaliação da Educação, or CAEd) of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in Brazil — focused on education
reform, specifically U.S. efforts to develop 21st - century skills through
teacher education, leadership development, and the definition of standards
for teachers and school leaders.
Pay
Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority
for Great -
Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay
Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support
for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent
Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New
Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top
Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report:
Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top
Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand
for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making
Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring
Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons
for Excellent
Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New
Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting
for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education
Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X
for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.
In Smith's model, as it was refined over time, curriculum standards serve as the fulcrum
for educational
reform implemented based on state decisions; state policy elites aim to create excellence in the classroom using an array of policy levers and knobs — all aligned back to the standards — including testing, textbook adoption,
teacher preparation,
teacher certification and
evaluation,
teacher training, goals and timetables
for school test score improvement, and state accountability based on those goals and timetables.
With Abbott's election as governor, the proposal headed toward legislation as part of a larger
reform package, including an A — F grade
for individual school campuses and a new
teacher evaluation system.
Many states have
reformed their
teacher evaluation systems to hold public school
teachers accountable
for the academic achievement of their students.
State education report calls
for sweeping
reforms in
teacher evaluation Daily News: The California Department of Education on Monday released a comprehensive new report calling
for sweeping
reforms in the way
teachers are recruited, trained, mentored and evaluated.
Key aspects of the previous education
reform bill focused on development of new
evaluation criteria
for teachers and principals, and establishment of a four tier rating system.
The bill offers a raft of oft - discussed
reforms: easier access to
teacher licenses
for qualified professionals, linking student achievement and
teacher evaluations, tenure tweaks, «tiered» licenses
for teachers and principals and other initiatives.
Accordingly, even though their data
for this part of this study come from one district, their findings are similar to others evidenced in the «Widget Effect» report; hence, there are still likely educational measurement (and validity) issues on both ends (i.e., with using such observational rubrics as part of America's
reformed teacher evaluation systems and using survey methods to put into check these systems, overall).