Teachers with students with higher incoming achievement levels
receive classroom observation scores that are higher on average than those received by teachers whose incoming students are at lower achievement levels, and districts do not have processes in place to address this bias.
Not exact matches
Under IMPACT, all teachers
receive a single
score ranging from 100 to 400 points at the end of each school year based on
classroom observations, measures of student learning, and commitment to the school community.
The question is whether teachers who were dismissed for low evaluation
scores in the districts we studied would have
received substantively different evaluation
scores if their
classroom observation scores had been adjusted as we recommend.
For example, the publisher of the SAT10, used in the current Policy, says that for student promotion decisions, test
scores «should be just one of the many factors considered and probably should
receive less weight than factors such as teacher
observation, day - to - day
classroom performance, maturity level, and attitude.
The manual for the SAT - 10, which CPS used last year to retain students, states that test
scores «should be just one of the many factors considered and probably should
receive less weight than factors such as teacher
observation, day - to - day
classroom performance, maturity level, and attitude» — just the kind of information in report cards.
Under the Annual Professional Performance Review system, each teacher
receives a summary evaluation based on state - approved and local measures of student performance (including the teacher's VAM
score),
classroom observations, and other measures.
Taylor
received «exceeding expectations»
classroom observation scores, but a low value - added estimate reduced his final evaluation
score below the requirement to
receive the bonus.
The report notes that evaluations are most effective when value added
scores are combined with other
classroom measures, such as
observations — which provide opportunities for school leaders and line managers to see teachers in action — and surveys of pupils about the quality of teaching they
receive.