Sentences with phrase «significant factor in teacher evaluations»

Now 35 states require student achievement to be a significant factor in teacher evaluations, and many school districts are using those evaluations to make decisions about teacher bonuses and as a basis for firings.

From the abstract: Authors of this report find that «within the 30 states that [still] require student learning measures to be at least a significant factor in teacher evaluations, state guidance and rules in most states allow teachers to be rated effective even if they receive low scores on the student learning component of the evaluation.»

Not exact matches

As I've argued before, the federal requirement that is driving the over-testing concern isn't the mandate that states test students annually in grades 3 — 8; it's the mandate (dreamed up by Arne Duncan as a condition of ESEA waivers) that states develop teacher - evaluation systems that include student achievement as a significant factor.

In the fall of 2012, CPS launched a new teacher - evaluation program in order to comply with the Illinois Performance Evaluation Reform Act, which requires that indicators of student growth be a «significant factor» in teacher evaluatioIn the fall of 2012, CPS launched a new teacher - evaluation program in order to comply with the Illinois Performance Evaluation Reform Act, which requires that indicators of student growth be a «significant factor» in teacher eevaluation program in order to comply with the Illinois Performance Evaluation Reform Act, which requires that indicators of student growth be a «significant factor» in teacher evaluatioin order to comply with the Illinois Performance Evaluation Reform Act, which requires that indicators of student growth be a «significant factor» in teacher eEvaluation Reform Act, which requires that indicators of student growth be a «significant factor» in teacher evaluatioin teacher evaluationevaluation.

In his letter, Duncan expressed his disappointment in the failure of Washington state's legislature to heed his instruction «to put in place teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that take into account information on student learning growth based on high - quality college - and career - ready (CCR) state assessments as a significant factor in determining teacher and principal performance levels.&raquIn his letter, Duncan expressed his disappointment in the failure of Washington state's legislature to heed his instruction «to put in place teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that take into account information on student learning growth based on high - quality college - and career - ready (CCR) state assessments as a significant factor in determining teacher and principal performance levels.&raquin the failure of Washington state's legislature to heed his instruction «to put in place teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that take into account information on student learning growth based on high - quality college - and career - ready (CCR) state assessments as a significant factor in determining teacher and principal performance levels.&raquin place teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that take into account information on student learning growth based on high - quality college - and career - ready (CCR) state assessments as a significant factor in determining teacher and principal performance levels.&raquin determining teacher and principal performance levels.»

One of the commitments that Washington — and every State that received ESEA flexibility — made was to put in place teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that take into account information on student learning growth based on high - quality college - and career - ready (CCR) State assessments as a significant factor in determining teacher and principal performance levels, along with other measures of professional practice such as classroom observations.

Another sticking point is the requirement from the Obama administration that students» test scores or other measures of academic growth be a «significant factor» in teacher evaluations by 2014.

Texas» NCLB waiver was conditioned on the incorporation of guidelines for a teacher evaluation system that included the use of student growth, including growth on state tests for teachers of tested subjects and grades, as a significant factor in determining a teacher's evaluation rating.

The regulations adopted by the New York State Board of Regents based on the 2010 law changing how the evaluations must work includings a line that says the new evaluations must be «a significant factor in employment decisions such as promotion, retention, tenure determinations, termination, and supplemental compensation,» as well as how teacher and principal development is approached.

According to the National Council on Teacher Quality, 43 states revamped their teacher evaluation systems to include student achievement as a «significant or the most significant factor» by 2013, up from just 15 states iTeacher Quality, 43 states revamped their teacher evaluation systems to include student achievement as a «significant or the most significant factor» by 2013, up from just 15 states iteacher evaluation systems to include student achievement as a «significant or the most significant factor» by 2013, up from just 15 states in 2009.

The Illinois Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA), supported by both CPS and CTU, mandated that CPS install a comprehensive teacher evaluation system that is inclusive of both teacher practice and student growth as a «significant factor» by the fall of 2012 in at least 30Evaluation Reform Act (PERA), supported by both CPS and CTU, mandated that CPS install a comprehensive teacher evaluation system that is inclusive of both teacher practice and student growth as a «significant factor» by the fall of 2012 in at least 30evaluation system that is inclusive of both teacher practice and student growth as a «significant factor» by the fall of 2012 in at least 300 schools.