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.
States and school districts are using the evaluation systems to make
key personnel decisions about retention, dismissal, and compensation of teachers and principals.
Not exact matches
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.