When the starting point for teacher evaluation reform is “we have far too many bad teachers, ... Then over the year, the teacher collects student work samples that provide evidence of learning.

The District of Columbia’s new IMPACT evaluation system uses a variety of measures to weigh teacher performance. Point scores from all the components are put on a common scale, weighted, and ...

Using Multiple Evaluation Measures to Improve Teacher Effectiveness State Strategies from Round 2 of No Child Left Behind Act Waivers. A look at the multiple measures and multiple methods used in ...

New data and analysis released by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds ample opportunities for improvement in states’ teacher and principal evaluation policies. With educator quality ...

As the semester comes to an end at campuses across the country, students are taking advantage of their opportunity to critique the instructors who will, in the coming days, be issuing their final ...

Teachers can only provide insight, tools and examples from which to learn. When we think of our best teachers, ... June 18]. Teacher evaluations should be serious, honest, meaningful, ...

The New Mexico Teacher Leader Network is working to provide specific examples for each domain of the evaluation so teachers can use these to improve. There are also teacher trainings provided by ...

Education; Pilot program of new teacher evaluation system shows one-quarter rated below satisfactory in key category. Published: ; Dec. 04, 2013, 10:45 a.m.

Examples of each abound. Teacher-quality reform was a major component of President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s original 2009 Race to the Top program—responsible ...

San Juan Unified is one of the California school districts making investments in its teacher evaluation system. The district adopted a System of Professional Growth in 2016 that focuses on feedback ...