A majority of public schools have failed to meet a state deadline to have a new teacher
evaluation system in place.
This policy report provides state leaders and technical assistance providers with information about the design and requirements of teacher
evaluations systems for early childhood teachers in 11 states.
Requires a rigorous and transparent teacher and
principal evaluation system based on multiple criteria, including student achievement and classroom practice.
The federal government should continue to leverage education funding to push states to develop and deploy more meaningful teacher
evaluation systems based on a clear definition of teacher effectiveness.
She supports the rollout of educator evaluation processes in several districts and states, including the implementation of student learning objectives as a measure of student growth in
educator evaluation systems.
Based on the implementation of the teacher
evaluation system by pilot schools, there may be revisions to these training materials.
To date, the discussion has focused primarily on
evaluation systems as sorting mechanisms, a means to identify the lowest - performing teachers for selective termination.
There is little empirical evidence, however, about the potential impact of these alternate approaches on
current evaluation systems.
Many unions have also opposed the grant program because it requires that a teacher
evaluation system using student test scores and other measures of academic achievement be in place by 2014.
He has worked with many school districts and state and national educational organizations to design and
develop evaluation systems for teachers, administrators, superintendents, and support personnel.
It is also an opportunity, however, to focus on
creating evaluation systems designed to support and develop our teachers rather that just holding them accountable.
However,
state evaluation systems are generally not set up to use data in this way and states often lack the necessary capacity for diagnosis and support.
Finally, data from
evaluation systems need to be high - quality, detailed at the skill level, and used as the basis for ongoing professional learning opportunities.
Leaders from the teachers union and district have worked together to adopt a framework for the new
evaluation system through the collective bargaining process.
Data about educator practice and student learning obtained
from evaluation systems helps inform district - wide and individual decisions around recruitment, development, and retention of educators.
We wanted to learn how these
improved evaluation systems could form the basis for improved staffing decisions, as well as enhanced feedback, professional development, compensation, and advancement opportunities for teachers.
In many cases, these new principal
evaluation systems include measures of both principal practice and student growth as key indicators of performance.
On this page are publications, tools and resources designed to support states in the development and implementation of a high -
quality evaluation system for educational leadership preparation.
The new teacher
evaluation system also requires these criteria to be measured using a four - level rating scale, provide evidence to student growth, and to provide support for professional growth.
In the private sector, companies have realized that even
flawed evaluation systems nevertheless encourage improvements in productivity.
We also reject the virtual elimination of tenure that would result from the
proposed evaluation system, in which teachers would be presumed incompetent based on that faulty data.
As teachers, we are struggling to keep up with what is required of us, both according to that test and our high
stakes evaluation systems.
The district has called for adoption of a teacher - performance -
evaluation system tied to student academic growth.
While these are undoubtedly positive steps, the lessons of other states suggest that merely tweaking
old evaluation systems is not sufficient to change a culture that doesn't value performance.
In both cities, teachers have said they wished they'd had a year - long trial run of the new
evaluation system before their jobs were put on the line.