Sentences with phrase «teacher evaluation programs around»

On the other hand, there are multiple teacher evaluation programs around the country that do not tie teacher evaluations to unfair, inappropriate and misleading standardized test results.

As a member of EPAC for the past two years, my responsibilities have included reading research studies on teacher evaluation programs around the country, learning about evaluation tools and ways to manage data, and collaborating with educators from pilot districts.

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Everything else will be left on the cutting room floor — specific requirements about interventions in failing schools; mandates around teacher evaluations or «highly qualified teachers»; competitive grant programs a la Race to the Top.

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«In Pittsburgh, we've based this program around the principle that those working most closely with teachers will have really important input that should be factored into their evaluation.»

The administration promised $ 1 billion in new spending on preschool; spurred states to adopt controversial K - 12 reforms such as performance - based teacher evaluations and the adoption of the Common Core State Standards through its Race to the Top grant program and waivers to the No Child Left Behind law; significantly expanded the federal School Improvement Grant program to turn around low - performing schools; targeted for - profit colleges and attempted to increase accountability in the higher education sector; and pushed a proposal by the president to make community college free.

This time around, she is proposing to expand a year - old pilot teacher evaluation program throughout the entire state; under the plan, teachers rated «basic» for two consecutive years would join those rated «unsatisfactory» on probation.