For example, two of the current top priorities of the U.S. Department of Education are to get states to
implement rigorous teacher evaluation systems and to improve the quality of the nation's teacher preparation programs.
«While the UFT focuses on political stunts and lobbying to keep bad teachers in the classroom, the mayor, governor, and State Education Department are working collaboratively to
implement a rigorous teacher evaluation system that will help ensure our students have the best teachers,» she said in a statement.
They implemented a rigorous teacher evaluation system, based on multiple measures of performance.
Our setting is the Houston Independent School District, which recently
implemented a rigorous teacher evaluation system.
Not exact matches
Tisch, who served nearly 20 years as a Regent and six as the Chancellor, led the controversial movements to adopt
rigorous Common Core standards and tie a portion of
teacher evaluations to student test scores, and also
implemented more difficult state exams during her tenure.
• 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.
For example, both the Common Core State Standards effort and the move toward
rigorous teacher evaluations could lead to dramatic increases in student achievement, if
implemented faithfully by states and school districts.
The waiver application contains the same commitments that all states seeking waivers were required to meet:
implementing Common Core or other
rigorous standards preparing students for college and careers, developing a
teacher evaluation process that includes the results of local and state tests, and creating an accountability system that recognizes that success is more than students» test scores.
Both teach in Tennessee — a state that has invested in a wide array of teaching reforms, including training for standards - based instruction, as well as
implementing more
rigorous teacher evaluations.
I now know firsthand how uplifting and difficult being a
teacher can be, and how myriad policy decisions affect the work I do every day:
implementing the
rigorous standards known as the Common Core; modifying No Child Left Behind / ESEA to address its shortcomings, such as simplified curricula due to testing; establishing new
evaluation systems that rate
teacher effectiveness and, I hope, provide us with support and feedback to get even better.
In exchange, these states promised to
implement rigorous new
teacher evaluation systems that, among other things, include measures of student learning growth.
For example, section (D)(2)(ii) of the Race to the Top application (U.S. Department of Education, 2009) asks states to «design and
implement rigorous, transparent, and fair
evaluation systems for
teachers and principals that... differentiate effectiveness using multiple rating categories that take into account data on student growth... as a significant factor» (p. 34).
Under new state and federal policies, most high - need schools we work with at the Community Training and Assistance Center are
implementing more
rigorous approaches to
teacher support and
evaluation.
With a growing body of research showing that
teachers are the most important determinant of student achievement, new and more
rigorous teacher evaluation systems and policies have been
implemented ac... Read More...
With a growing body of research showing that
teachers are the most important determinant of student achievement, new and more
rigorous teacher evaluation systems and policies have been
implemented across the country.
Implementing the a
rigorous, transparent, and equitable
evaluation and support systems for
teachers and principals that is required under the transformation model.