Over a three year period, REA staff conducted formative evaluation of onsite Design Lab exhibits,
summative evaluation of Teacher Summer Institutes.
Evaluation projects include formative and summative evaluation of exhibits, planetarium shows, museum websites, and K - 12 school field trip programs, as well as
summative evaluation of teacher professional development programs, curriculum kits and evening programs for adults.
Not exact matches
Evaluation will be done through formative and
summative assessment
of teachers and students (surveys, content knowledge tests and authentic artifacts).
Done correctly, the character and nature
of the
summative evaluation interview changes dramatically from, «What's the least harmful way that I can tell this
teacher about his or her weaknesses?»
This includes state - level
teacher evaluation, report card, or school ranking policies that rely heavily on
summative assessments; but also the federal ESEA's emphasis on once - yearly tests that shaped state policy with the induction
of No Child Left Behind.
Moreover,
summative assessment sat at the core
of many
of the policy reforms that the leaders described: additional accountability levers such as
teacher evaluation systems and statewide school report cards draw on data coming out
of these
summative tests to make determinations and comparisons regarding
teacher and school - level performance.
In a recent unpublished analysis, administrators -LSB-...] report spending an average
of more than three hours writing a
summative evaluation for each
teacher in the building.
At the end
of the
evaluation school year, a final
summative score in each
of four domains
of practice is calculated and presented to the evaluated
teacher.
A: The TEACHNJ Act links the earning and keeping
of tenure to the results
of a
teacher or principal's annual
summative evaluation.
The
evaluation rubric refers to the overarching umbrella
of all components
of teacher evaluation that are combined to generate a
summative assessment
of performance.
It moves away from the once - and - done obligatory and periodic classroom visit as the basis for
teacher evaluation to ongoing constructive feedback over the course
of a school year, which results in professional growth and documented positive
summative evaluation.
First, schools have adopted either the Marzano or Danielson Frameworks as their common language for understanding «quality teaching» throughout the school, and this definition informs both formative and
summative assessments
of teaching, including the formal
teacher evaluation plans.
As a result, a low score on the student growth component
of the
evaluation is sufficient in several states to push a
teacher over the minimum number
of points needed to earn a
summative effective rating.
Using data from the Measures
of Effective Teaching study, we conduct simulation - based analyses that illustrate the critical role that performance measure weights and ratings thresholds play in determining
teachers»
summative evaluation ratings and the distribution
of teacher proficiency rates.
Created by principals for principals, Pivot with 5D + enables administrators to collect and code evidence from observations, conversations with
teachers, student work, and artifacts in order to complete mid - and end -
of - year formative and
summative evaluations in a totally mobile and paperless environment.
Scoring / Weight: The GSPD / Self - Assessment informs the scoring
of two
of the dimensions in Domain 4
of the observation rubric and comprises 10 %
of a
teacher's
summative evaluation rating.
The actual distribution
of formative and
summative teacher evaluation ratings in evaluators» schools in the first (Panel A) and third (Panel B) year
of a new
teacher evaluation system
In a recent unpublished analysis, administrators in the Clark County school district — the fifth - largest school system in the nation — report spending an average
of more than three hours writing a
summative evaluation for each
teacher in the building.
The iQUEST
evaluation plan includes both formative and
summative assessments on the impact
of professional development activities and on the overall impact on participating
teachers» ability to effectively integrate technology in science classrooms.
As states work feverishly to roll out
summative teacher evaluation systems in alignment with new federal guidelines, much
of the discussion has centered on sources
of evidence.
Most new
evaluation systems ultimately will produce a
summative score that the
teacher is performing at a 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 level
of practice.
REA provided formative and
summative evaluation for The New York Hall
of Science's (NYSCI) Design Lab, a multi-faceted project which consists
of a unique, museum - based innovation laboratory, a series
of permanent onsite exhibits and
teacher professional development program that supports design - based approaches to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teaching and learning.
But to suggest that because these observational indicators (artificially) correlate with
teachers» value - added scores at «weak» and «very weak» levels (see Notes 1 and 2 below), that this means that these observational systems might «add» more «value» to the
summative sides
of teacher evaluations (i.e., their predictive value) is premature, not to mention a bit absurd.
Juan has been the author or co-author
of various publications focusing on process and
summative evaluations of supplemental educational services,
teacher - focused professional development, the impact
of accountability systems, the impact
of interim assessment practices on
summative assessment results, and the
evaluation of technical assistance efforts provided to state and local education agencies throughout the country.
Classroom observations most often provide no or very little formative feedback to
teachers — exercises to meet policy or legal requirements focused on
summative evaluation — but that are
of no or little value to the
teacher.
While the law states that the «survey» results will not be used as part
of a
teacher's «
summative performance
evaluation rating under the new
teacher evaluation program,» the results will be used, «in developing the professional development plans for the individual
teacher.»
Teacher and principal evaluation systems now emerging in response to federal, state and / or local policy initiatives typically require that a component of teacher evaluation be based on multiple performance metrics, which must be combined to produce summative ratings of teacher effecti
Teacher and principal
evaluation systems now emerging in response to federal, state and / or local policy initiatives typically require that a component
of teacher evaluation be based on multiple performance metrics, which must be combined to produce summative ratings of teacher effecti
teacher evaluation be based on multiple performance metrics, which must be combined to produce
summative ratings
of teacher effecti
teacher effectiveness.
Teachers receiving a
summative evaluation of «Distinguished» or «Proficient» may participate in Alternative Evaluation in their subsequent evaluation cycle, if this is agreed upon with the
evaluation of «Distinguished» or «Proficient» may participate in Alternative
Evaluation in their subsequent evaluation cycle, if this is agreed upon with the
Evaluation in their subsequent
evaluation cycle, if this is agreed upon with the
evaluation cycle, if this is agreed upon with the principal.
Although
teachers may record the results
of formative assessments, we shouldn't factor these results into
summative evaluation and grading.
The tiered system is tailored to meet
teacher needs through self - assessment, the development
of professional growth plans, informal and formal observations, pre - and post-observation conferences, and
summative evaluations.