This guide offers succinct recommendations for more frequent and more
rigorous evaluation of teacher professional development to improve both the quality of professional learning and its results.
Still other changes, such as more
rigorous evaluation of teachers, are still emerging, and thus too new to understand how they may have affected student outcomes.
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Rigorous evaluation of teachers and then trying to replace consistently low - performing teachers appears to be effective.»
Not exact matches
The Republicans are tapping into an anger among many parents in New York state over the botched rollout
of a more
rigorous curriculum that relies more on standardized tests, and is tied to
teacher evaluations.
Tisch, who served nearly 20 years as a Regent and six as the Chancellor, led the controversial movements to adopt
rigorous Common Core standards and tie a portion
of teacher evaluations to student test scores, and also implemented more difficult state exams during her tenure.
They implemented a
rigorous teacher evaluation system, based on multiple measures
of performance.
The new
evaluation system will provide clear standards and significant guidance to local school districts for implementation
of teacher evaluations based on multiple measures
of performance including student achievement and
rigorous classroom observations.
Absent persuasive evidence on the impact
of efforts to raise the bar, some people have speculated that the rise
of test - based accountability associated with NCLB and the ongoing push to establish more -
rigorous teacher evaluation systems have made teaching less attractive and thereby contributed to further decline in the quality
of the teaching corps.
More promising is the possibility
of tracing
teacher evaluation ratings back to the institution, particularly in states that have embraced more
rigorous evaluation systems.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL The state - sponsored Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA), an accredited, online virtual school has a
rigorous system
of teacher support and
evaluation that emphasizes not only academic content but also student engagement, collaboration, and critical thinking.
For example, two
of the current top priorities
of the U.S. Department
of Education are to get states to implement
rigorous teacher evaluation systems and to improve the quality
of the nation's
teacher preparation programs.
It doesn't erase the need for
rigorous standards, tough accountability, vastly improved data systems, better
teacher evaluations (and training, etc.), stronger school leaders, the right
of families to choose schools, and much else that reformers have been struggling to bring about.
That model, I think, is now well known across the state: standards - based curriculum, radically better assessments,... a fair but
rigorous accountability system which, as you know, the Regents will soon put into regulations creating the framework
of evaluation for principals and
teachers.
NCATE claims to be improving the quality
of teacher education through its stringent standards and
rigorous system
of evaluation.
«Clearly, there is a great need for
rigorous evaluation research, which should focus both on the impact
of school discipline reforms and on their potential unintended consequences,» the authors note, emphasizing that reducing suspensions is a starting point in effective school discipline reform but that changing school culture can have «spillover» effects on
teachers and peers which raise important questions for further study.
That work rested on a particular theory
of action — that more
rigorous evaluation systems would empower districts to make better decisions about which
teachers to put at the front
of the room and thereby improve student outcomes.
While Duncan's arrival in Washington in early 2009 was followed by a national emphasis on refining
teacher evaluation systems, his departure from Chicago marked a move away from the
rigorous year one implementation
of the EITP pilot.
And there's plenty
of substance for the president to brag about: Forty - six states and the District
of Columbia signed on to
rigorous common standards; dozens
of states got serious about
teacher evaluations; key jurisdictions removed caps on charter - school expansion.
While this approach contrasts starkly with status quo «principal walk - through» styles
of class observation, its use is on the rise in new and proposed
evaluation systems in which
rigorous classroom observation is often combined with other measures, such as
teacher value - added based on student test scores.
While one case study by Sarah Fairbanks and colleagues in 2007 suggests that office referrals decreased following implementation
of RTI, and
teachers rated student misbehavior to be less intense and less frequent, few
rigorous evaluations of RTI have been conducted.
The waiver application contains the same commitments that all states seeking waivers were required to meet: implementing Common Core or other
rigorous standards preparing students for college and careers, developing a
teacher evaluation process that includes the results
of local and state tests, and creating an accountability system that recognizes that success is more than students» test scores.
The assurances underlying ARRA underscore the importance
of improving the usefulness
of information on
teacher effectiveness through robust data systems and
rigorous evaluation systems.
To be eligible for that program, states had to adopt Common Core (or similarly
rigorous standards and assessments), and they had to put into place
teacher evaluation systems that use student test score growth as a «significant» part
of both
teacher and school principal
evaluations.
With the goal
of positioning ourselves as a national resource on
teacher effectiveness research, we have partnered with four school districts on the east coast to conduct
rigorous research, develop tools, and share best practices and lessons learned in
teacher evaluation and professional development.
That's why smart policy — namely, strong
teacher professional standards,
rigorous standards for and assessments
of prep programs, and exacting rules on educator
evaluations and certification — is a huge part
of the answer here.
We have seen urban public schools successfully adopt many charter school «secrets,» including the nine - hour school day (e.g., United for Success Academies in Oakland); a
rigorous, standard curriculum (e.g., the more than a dozen Chicago public schools that offer the International Baccalaureate); merit pay (e.g., the Washington, D.C., system); and the regular use
of teacher video in professional development and
evaluation (e.g., the Houston system, which was using video in this way as early as the 1980s).
Those high - performing schools did things like «set measurable goals on standards based tests and benchmark tests across all proficiency levels, grades, and subjects»; create school missions that were «future oriented,» with curricula and instruction designed to prepare students to succeed in a
rigorous high - school curriculum; include improvement
of student outcomes «as part
of the
evaluation of the superintendent, the principal, and the
teachers»; and communicate to parents and students «their responsibility as well for student learning, including parent contracts, turning in homework, attending class, and asking for help when needed.»
The compositional effect
of rigorous teacher evaluation on workforce quality.
Both teach in Tennessee — a state that has invested in a wide array
of teaching reforms, including training for standards - based instruction, as well as implementing more
rigorous teacher evaluations.
Developed in partnership with Dr. Robert J. Marzano, the Focused
Teacher Evaluation Model draws on decades of research to simplify evaluation and bring rigorous, standards - based teaching and learning to every classroom,
Evaluation Model draws on decades
of research to simplify
evaluation and bring rigorous, standards - based teaching and learning to every classroom,
evaluation and bring
rigorous, standards - based teaching and learning to every classroom, every day.
In addition, the study's analyses
of TAH grantee
evaluations found that the
evaluations were not sufficiently
rigorous to determine the impact
of the TAH program on student achievement or
teacher knowledge.
This research study included the development and implementation
of the MQI Coaching Cycle, as well as a
rigorous evaluation of the program's effectiveness using a
teacher - level random assignment design....
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who described overall performance as modest, credited those particularly large gains in some states to the introduction
of the new, more
rigorous «Common Core» standards and other initiatives the Obama administration has promoted, including new
teacher evaluations.
As a founding member, he has recruited other reform - oriented
teachers and become the group's most forceful advocate for inclusion
of a
rigorous teacher evaluation system in the new UTLA / LAUSD collective bargaining agreement.
Attendees will gain an understanding
of the connection between FIT Teaching strategies,
teacher evaluation frameworks, and the new
rigorous state standards in order to create an implementation plan for their school or district.
At Cochiti, her students have averaged 1.4 years
of reading growth and a 1.845 value - added growth score on the PARCC assessment, earning her the distinction
of Highly Effective on the
rigorous New Mexico
teacher evaluation system.
Our recent research examines the
evaluation of the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) program (Molnar, Smith, and Zahorik, 2000; Molnar et al., 2001; Zahorik, Molnar, Ehrle, & Halbach, 2000), an initiative that requires participating schools to maintain the student -
teacher ratio in K — 3 classes at 15:1 and develop
rigorous, standards - based academic curriculums.
Yet many local, state, and national union leaders have not pressed for more
rigorous evaluation systems for fear that such systems may result in the dismissal
of additional
teachers for poor performance and may strengthen the case for performance - based pay at the expense
of the single - salary schedule.
What's surprising in a new survey published today by 50CAN, a reform - oriented advocacy group that supports more
rigorous teacher evaluations and early education, is the relatively lukewarm response to some
of the most favored ideas for improving the school system among education advocates and many elected officials.
As Dropout Nation noted last week in its report on
teacher evaluations, even the most -
rigorous classroom observation approaches are far less accurate in identifying
teacher quality than either value - added analysis
of test score data or even student surveys such as the Tripod system used by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part
of its Measures
of Effective Teaching project.
With the recent Race to the Top mandates,
evaluation systems may be more
rigorous than ever, though they often judge
teachers by a rigidly and often inaccurate value - added measure
of their effectiveness in raising test scores (Özek & Xu, 2015; Raudenbush, 2015).
PAR is a program
of structured mentorship, observation, and
rigorous, standards - based
evaluation of teachers by
teachers.
Speaking
of the rest
of the state, Timothy Daly, the president
of the New
Teacher Project, an education reform group that advocates more rigorous teacher evaluations, said, «Many districts appear to have completely botched this.
Teacher Project, an education reform group that advocates more
rigorous teacher evaluations, said, «Many districts appear to have completely botched this.
teacher evaluations, said, «Many districts appear to have completely botched this.»
«Scarice said his plan is to submit notification to the state in January that Madison intends to design their own
evaluation process that holds
teachers accountable to a high standard, that is
rigorous, that is responsive, and that relates to the research findings
of the Madison Public Schools Superintendent's Advisory Council.
But the program also has prompted a number
of states to lift arbitrary caps on charter schools and, perhaps most importantly, has gotten 36 states and the District
of Columbia to introduce more
rigorous teacher -
evaluation systems.
There are many books and professional development programs that purport to help
teachers make use
of student data to improve instruction and student achievement (Boudett, City, and Murnane 2010; Bernhardt 2009; Love 2008), but there is little
rigorous evaluation of these programs.
These programs include structured mentorship, observation, and
rigorous standards - based
evaluation of teachers designed to develop great
teachers.
Though Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, offered up $ 1.1 billion in new school aid, he attached strings that could kill the deal for allies
of the
teachers» unions in the Assembly: a much more
rigorous teacher evaluation system to replace the current one, new hurdles for
teachers on the path to tenure, and an expansion by 100
of the limit on the number
of charter schools statewide.
We now allow local school systems to create local salary schedules for
teachers and principals that permit us to compensate, promote, and terminate
teachers as a result
of rigorous annual
evaluations that are based on student learning.
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Rigorous evaluations should provide actionable feedback on
teachers» strengths and weaknesses that can form the basis
of professional development activities.