Sentences with phrase «statewide teacher evaluation»

Imagine what a new statewide teacher evaluation system would need to look like in response.

That's why I've been tough on statewide teacher evaluation reforms.

That became official federal policy when the Obama administration called for statewide teacher evaluation guidelines, based in part on student performance, while soliciting for Race To The Top in 2009 and then No Child Left Behind waiver applications in 2011.

A number of states, such as Delaware and South Carolina, used that impetus to create statewide teacher evaluation systems, bringing all schools — including charter schools — under one uniform system.

During the era covered by the top chart, the test - based folks swung for the fences by creating a federal incentive for states to adopt a preferred set of academic standards and to pass statewide teacher evaluation systems based upon the scores on those tests.

A House education committee gave quick approval Tuesday to a pair of bills that would create Michigan's first statewide teacher evaluation system, putting concerns to rest — for the moment — that Michigan could lose $ 1 billion in federal funds.

Nobody today can creditably argue that mandating statewide teacher evaluations as a condition of ESEA flexibility was a good idea.

A proposed bill in Connecticut would delay the start of a new statewide teacher evaluation program from 2013 to 2014 due to educator concerns about funding and implementation.

States that have already developed statewide teacher evaluation systems may use the funds provided for this purpose to help their school districts implement the system.

ALBANY — The final plan for a new statewide teacher evaluation system will require observations by an «independent» evaluator, a Cuomo administration official said during a briefing with reporters late Monday.

A committee of state lawmakers approved changes to two bills that would create Michigan's first statewide teacher evaluation system and delayed a final vote on it until next week.

Working to remedy this, Governor Cuomo announced an agreement earlier this year on a new statewide teacher evaluation system.

Gov. David A. Paterson signs law establishing a statewide teacher evaluation system, with 20 percent of ratings based on student test scores or their equivalent.

The mayor's office was infuriated by Cuomo's announcement — just minutes after the Flanagan bill passed — of his intention to introduce his measure to create a statewide teacher evaluation system, and has accused the governor of trying to buy off the teachers unions in exchange for their agreement to stop opposing his education aid cuts.

At a Syracuse Media Group editorial board meeting, he sounded his call to toughen the statewide teacher evaluation system and make it easier to remove poor teachers.

The centerpiece of the agenda was a statewide teacher evaluation system that would tie half of a teacher's rating to their students» performance on standardized tests.

Recall that Bloomberg (who endorsed Cuomo in 2010) had a bit of a blowup with the governor after the Senate passed his LIFO bill and the governor responded by immediately putting out a statement calling for a statewide teacher evaluation system.

Just hours before a deadline imposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, state education officials and the teachers unions came to some agreements on a statewide teacher evaluation plan.

The money came tied to some fundamental changes in public education, among them the adoption of a statewide teacher evaluation system that could make it easier to fire those who log years of poor performance.

It could just as persuasively be argued that he, Andrew Cuomo, is the one primarily responsible for «blocking progress» toward a statewide teacher evaluation format that would pass muster with the feds for $ 700 million in Race to the Top funds, the State Education Department and the unions.

And unimpressed by the statewide teacher evaluation system, Fagen and her team designed a «Continuous Improvement of Teacher Effectiveness» system tied partly to district - generated standardized assessments.

But they refuse to meet one of Duncan's conditions for such flexibility: Namely, the creation of a statewide teacher evaluation system.

In Colorado for example, we are now looking closely at the first two years of implementation of our statewide teacher evaluation system.

And when lawmakers at that time called for the creation of a statewide teacher evaluation, it didn't seem like a controversial request.

For instance, he supported the creation of a statewide teacher evaluation mandate.

■ A statewide teacher evaluation model.

New York, March 7, 2012 - A month after Governor Cuomo and union leaders agreed to a new statewide teacher evaluation system, Educators 4 Excellence (E4E) members today unveiled their recommendations to strengthen the evaluation of public school principals, a system required under the state's winning Race to the Top application.

Learn more about a proposal the Michigan Legislature is expected to consider this fall to implement a statewide teacher evaluation process.

In 2011, The Marzano Causal Teacher Evaluation Model was also selected by the Florida Department of Education to implement a statewide Teacher Evaluation System.

And last month, the recommendations of E4E members were incorporated into the agreement on a statewide teacher evaluation system.

The centerpiece of the agenda was a statewide teacher evaluation system that would tie half of a teacher's rating to their students» performance on standardized tests.

Among their objections: the requirement of a statewide teacher evaluation system that includes the use of standardized test data.

The deal secured nearly $ 1 billion in federal Race to the Top funds that were contingent on a statewide teacher evaluation system.

Huston says that also means the General Assembly can not stop working after broadening school choices, placing more emphasis on accountability for statewide test scores and implementing a statewide teacher evaluation mandate.

Just days before Walker announced his changes to collective bargaining, WEAC had announced support for a statewide teacher evaluation system and performance - based pay.

Bell said the union remains interested in pursuing a statewide teacher evaluation model, but it still has to be implemented at the local level — something that could be harder if teachers do not have a say in the matter.

The lightning speed at which our infamously slow state legislature is trying to pass a statewide teacher evaluation framework can only mean one thing — lawmakers don't want anyone to understand what's really in there.

With less than nine months and counting, New Jersey's rollout of a statewide teacher evaluation system is moving ahead, but the deadlines are tight, reliability remains an issue and the system has yet to win the confidence of the teachers it's intended to evaluate.

DelColle will have the chance to impact other teachers this year: She was named to the Christie administration's Evaluation Pilot Advisory Committee which will help develop a new statewide teacher evaluation system.

Immediately following Act 10, the governor pursued a statewide teacher evaluation system that would have been based mostly on student test scores.

The state's largest teachers union Tuesday endorsed a statewide teacher evaluation system, performance pay and breaking up Milwaukee Public Schools — school reforms it had long resisted.

The provisions of the statewide teacher evaluation system have become effective with the 2012 - 13 school year.

Under the leadership of former schools chief Tony Bennett, the IDOE pushed for an array of «market - based reforms,» including proactive interventions and outside takeovers of struggling schools, private school vouchers to increased charter school options and statewide teacher evaluations.

It took a little courage and some said a leap of faith, but 31 New Jersey school districts have signed up to be part of the Christie administration's pilot program for testing a statewide teacher evaluation system.

Education Secretary Duncan was intent on linking the gains observed in three locales — the District of Columbia, Hawaii and Tennessee — to the funds they received from the Race to the Top competition, and the resulting implementation of the Common Core curriculum and statewide teacher evaluation systems.