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.

Samples of students’ work, teachers’ records and lesson plans, and other relevant factors were also often taken into account. ... Revamping teacher evaluation, they argued, ...

Peer evaluation plans should explicate departmental processes around how peer observation fits into their teaching evaluation plans, including how the peer observation protocols will be used. Template ...

New analysis offers more evidence against the reliability of student evaluations of teaching, at least for their use in personnel decisions. Skip to main content Search ... But female students in the ...

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 ...

With considerable zeal, Boston teacher Molly Sangalang delved into one of the more difficult math lessons for fifth-graders: multiplying decimals without a calculator. She demonstrated examples ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Consider multiple, flexible measures. Although weighting student achievement in teacher evaluations can be a challenge—both logistically and politically—state leaders should learn from systems like ...