Sentences with phrase «in key personnel decisions»

Teachers unions have vociferously argued that test scores are too unreliable for use in key personnel decisions.

More than 20 states now require that student test - score gains be used in key personnel decisions, often including tenure and salary determinations.

Not exact matches

So here's a look at three very different ways the Reds could be lining up for the start of the new season, with Brendan Rodgers having some key decisions to make on some personnel, as well as tweaking his tactics to best fit in some new signings into their ideal positions.

Work in concert / consultation with key personnel / constituents (Administration staff, lead teachers, Board) to propose and execute decisions that support the future growth and fiscal health and efficient functioning of school.

Centralization is combined with far greater school - level control of key decisions in England, especially regarding personnel.

A communications and community involvement plan for each community that includes engagement of students, school - based personnel, parents, and key stakeholders throughout the community for more community input in the long term planning for school communities avoiding facility decisions that can negatively impact students.

Used in these ways, value - added would be a key part of the process — possibly a «significant» part of the decision according to RTTT — without being the determining factor in personnel decisions.

To determine the efficacy of the use of data from student test scores, particularly in the form of Value - Added Measures (VAMs), to evaluate and to make key personnel decisions about classroom teachers.

The PAR system includes two key features: (1) the expertise of consulting teachers, skilled teachers who have released time to serve as mentors to support fellow teachers in the same subject areas and grade levels, and (2) a system of due process and review that involves a panel of both teachers and administrators who recommend personnel decisions based on evidence from the evaluations.

Key features of these systems include not only the instruments used for evaluation but also the expertise of the consulting teachers or mentors — skilled teachers in the same subject areas and school levels who have released time to serve as mentors to support their fellow teachers — and the system of due process and review that involve a panel of both teachers and administrators in making recommendations about personnel decisions based on the evidence presented to them from the evaluations.

This 2011 report surveys recently passed teacher evaluation policies in five states and rates each on the law's strengths and weaknesses in teacher evaluation design requirements, transparency and public reporting of evaluation data, principal autonomy over teacher hiring and placement, and the extent to which the law links teacher evaluation results to key personnel decisions, including tenure, reductions in force, dismissal of underperforming teachers, and retention.