Sentences with phrase «teacher evaluation reform during»

Chad Aldeman of Bellwether Partners recently provided a reflection on teacher evaluation reform during the Obama presidency in Education Next.

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During a speech at the Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany, King offered education reforms such as the Common Core standards and teacher evaluations as vehicles of greater equality in schools.

Cuomo took an aggressive position during his budget and policy address Wednesday, threatening to withhold a significant funding increase for schools if lawmakers don't approve his controversial reform proposals, such as an amendment to the state's teacher - evaluation system that would increase the ratings» reliance on standardized testing.

During the two - and - a-half hour session, «Teacher Evaluation In the Classroom,» attended by about 200 people, stakeholders affected by the ongoing reform effort shared their perspectives with the audience while answering questions from both moderator John Mooney, education writer and co-founder of New Jersey Spotlight magazine, and audience members comprised largely of concerned parents and educators.

The report notes that during the past five years, 37 states improved their overall grade by one full level «because of significant reform, particularly in the areas of teacher evaluation and related teacher effectiveness policies.»

One reason D.C.'s education reforms attracted significant attention across the country was their timing: DCPS started using IMPACT to evaluate teachers during the 2009 — 2010 school year, just as the education reform organization The New Teacher Project (TNTP) released a report recommending that districts develop evaluation systems that rate teachers «based on their effectiveness in promoting student achievement.»

Education reform in K - 12 schools has become politically fraught, dividing teachers unions, one of which endorsed Clinton during her 2008 presidential run, from Democrats in the Obama administration over issues such as teacher tenure, performance evaluations and school accountability.

As evidenced during the recent public hearing held by the General Assembly's Education Committee, apologists for the Common Core and Governor Malloy's corporate education reform industry initiatives desperately defend the indefensible policies related to the Common Core, the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Test and the absurd teacher evaluation system.