Following a school year marked by statewide protests to recent changes in the testing
procedures and
teacher evaluation methods — with 20 percent of
New York's students opting out of standardized tests — administrators at Minerva Central are preparing for a year of growth and collaboration, Farrell said in an interview.
Research shows that career pathways can improve
teacher evaluation procedures and improve student achievement.13 For example, research from the Emerging Leaders Program — a job - embedded
teacher leadership development program — shows that with high - quality training,
teacher leaders can quickly improve achievement among students in high - need school districts in places such as
New York City, the District of Columbia, and Shelby County, Tennessee.14 Likewise, student achievement growth in schools implementing Teach Plus» T3 Initiative — a
teacher - designed turnaround model that trains and supports
teacher leaders to improve school outcomes and transform schools — is consistently more than double that of area district and charter schools.15