Support alternative assessments to standardized testing as appropriate,
rigorous measures of student learning.
Not exact matches
States could use their authority over teacher preparation programs to strengthen the qualifications
of beginning teachers and lower costs to districts by focusing on the recruitment and admission
of a qualified pool,
rigorous clinical preparation, and collecting evidence
of program impact (hiring rates, graduate and employer satisfaction, Pre-K — 12
student learning, and related
measures).
Establish appropriate and
rigorous research and evaluation components in the development
of the process in order to
measure the effectiveness
of the program related to school leadership practices and their impact on
student learning.
In exchange, these states promised to implement
rigorous new teacher evaluation systems that, among other things, include
measures of student learning growth.
Through a collaboration with the
Measured Progress Assessment Services team, a new set
of rigorous common assessments were developed to inform instruction, promote instructional equity, and create meaningful
learning experiences for teachers and
students.
Colorado, while mandating that 50 percent
of a teacher's evaluation be based on
student growth, allows districts to choose their own
student learning measures — including state assessment results — and decide how to weight them.66 In addition to adjustments to how much
student growth factors into evaluations, some states, including Georgia and Connecticut, have opted to delay full implementation
of their evaluation systems while they transition to the more
rigorous Common Core standards.67 68
Teacher - Assessed
Student Achievement Data (TAS) This is a
measure of your
students»
learning over the course
of the year, as evidence by
rigorous assessments other than the DC CAS.