Contract Yields New Teacher-Evaluation System
Fourth grade teacher Melissa Rhone leads students in a grammar lesson. She calls the new teacher-evaluation system being used in the New Haven, Conn., schools a "reality check."
—Christopher Capozziello for Education Week
Partnership yields revised evaluation system in New Haven
New Haven, Conn.
When Melissa Rhone returns to her 4th grade classroom in the Brennan-Rogers School after a brief interruption, her students greet her jubilantly.
"Ms. Rhone, look how many compliments we got!" they say, pointing to eight lines ticked on the whiteboard by a substitute teacher, each one representing an instance of good classroom behavior.
The ticks mean even more to Ms. Rhone: They're evidence of her growth and...
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