A semi-separate issue is the question of tenure itself: should teachers, often by the age of twenty - five, obtain guaranteed lifetime employment in a school system on the basis of a few years
of satisfactory evaluations?
And the evidence so far is that, even in states that have passed new laws requiring rigorous, performance - based evaluation, virtually all teachers are
getting satisfactory evaluations, just as before.
In Newark and Hillsborough, N.J., teachers receiving an «unsatisfactory» or «needs improvement» rating will not be eligible for salary increases for the next school year or for any pay raise until they receive an
overall satisfactory evaluation.
• 3 patient hours a week for three years • Group supervision once a week for three years •
Satisfactory evaluation by a supervisor • Completion of core curriculum plus elective hours
If state laws put any other condition on a teacher's eligibility for tenure, it is usually a record
of satisfactory evaluations, a benchmark that all but a tiny fraction of teachers meet.
In most school districts, virtually all teachers, good or bad, routinely get
a satisfactory evaluation, it found.
A satisfactory evaluation can not be given on a single classroom visit.