The results of their effort, «Breaking the Stalemate: LA Teachers Take on Teacher Evaluation,» would create a flexible evaluation system that bases 50 % of a teacher's annual review on
multiple classroom observations by administrators and peers and 40 % based on multiple measures of student growth.
That will likely change this school year as the Tennessee report cards begin to reflect scores from the state's new teacher evaluation system, which
includes multiple classroom observations, said Miller.
They suggested a multi-measure evaluation system that includes student - growth data (the only objective picture of a student's progress we now have), but
also multiple classroom observations and student surveys, as well as standards of professionalism such as teacher attendance and contributions to the school community.
Successful teacher evaluation systems should employ «
multiple classroom observations across the year by expert evaluators looking to multiple sources of data, and provide meaningful feedback to teachers.»
However, some people would say if this happens,
multiple classroom observations should take place in random circumstances in a sense that teachers are doing what they supposed to do rather than a well - planned «showcase» class.