Teacher Evaluations

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Teacher Evaluation: An Issue Overview
This overview covers teacher evaluation and includes information on evaluation models, controversies, research, and reform trends.
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Teaching Profession District Chiefs Split on Standards Readiness, Gallup-EdWeek Poll Finds
School superintendents give diverging views on the common core, teacher evaluations, and educational technology in the latest of a series of polls.
Lesli A. Maxwell, June 10, 2014
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2 min read
Teaching Profession Reactions to the Vergara Teacher-Tenure Decision Pour In
Some of the reaction on the ruling in Vergara lawsuit from plaintiffs, as well as critics.
Stephen Sawchuk, June 10, 2014
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5 min read
Ed-Tech Policy Opinion John Thompson: Corporate Reformers' "Race to the Moon" Low on Fuel
It is up to the Gates Foundation to decide whether it defends its quest for a better bottle rocket to drive school reform, or to heed the research of independent scholars.
Anthony Cody, June 5, 2014
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6 min read
Teaching Profession Opinion Professional Learning Takes Time
Seven teacher leaders have co-authored a new report entitled "A Global Network of Teachers and Their Professional Learning Systems." Representing Seattle, Toronto, Denver, Shanghai, Singapore, and Lexington, they offer recommendations for how school systems can better structure and support professional learning for teachers.
Noah Zeichner, June 5, 2014
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6 min read
Moore Middle School students Yesli Betancourt, left, and Tekira Barkley share a moment at the Georgia Aquarium’s Ocean Voyager exhibit. The school in Lawrenceville, Ga., is one of the schools using money through Georgia’s Innovation Fund, part of the state’s $400 million Race to the Top federal grant.
Moore Middle School students Yesli Betancourt, left, and Tekira Barkley share a moment at the Georgia Aquarium’s Ocean Voyager exhibit. The school in Lawrenceville, Ga., is one of the schools using money through Georgia’s Innovation Fund, part of the state’s $400 million Race to the Top federal grant.
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Education Funding Georgia Battles to Beat Race to Top Head Winds
Nearly four years after winning its Race to the Top grant, Georgia still has a rocky climb to the education-redesign summit outlined in the state's application for the federal grant program.
Alyson Klein, June 3, 2014
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9 min read
Teaching Profession Report: More States Linking Evaluations to Tenure
States continue to link performance-evaluation systems to decisions about tenure and layoffs.
Stephen Sawchuk, May 22, 2014
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1 min read
Teaching Profession Waiver-Renewal Twist Centers on Teacher Evaluations
Questions surround extra breathing room given states seeking to renew waivers from some provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Alyson Klein & Andrew Ujifusa, May 20, 2014
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6 min read
Teaching Profession Opinion How to Build a Better Teacher Evaluation
Communication is key to an effective teacher-evaluation process, writes district superintendent Nicholas A. Fischer.
Nicholas A. Fischer, May 20, 2014
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5 min read
Teaching Profession Opinion Who Gets to Write the History of Teacher Quality?
Success in improving teacher quality should be measured by our country's ability to transform teaching from a blue-collar occupation to a high-status profession, not by our ability to implement teacher evaluation systems.
Marc Tucker, May 20, 2014
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5 min read
Teaching Profession Cleveland Plan to Dismiss Teachers Protested by Union
Cleveland is the latest city facing growing pains over a new teacher-evaluation system.
Stephen Sawchuk, May 14, 2014
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1 min read
Principal Scott Steckler, rear, observes 4th grade teacher Lora Johnson as she works with her students at George Cox Elementary in Gretna, La., in 2012. Such classroom observations are a key component of many states' teacher-evaluation systems.
Principal Scott Steckler, rear, observes 4th grade teacher Lora Johnson as she works with her students at George Cox Elementary in Gretna, La., in 2012. Such classroom observations are a key component of many states' teacher-evaluation systems.
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Teaching Profession Research Detects Bias in Classroom Observations
Although the debate over teacher-evaluation systems is dominated by the use of test scores, a new Brookings Institution analysis finds flaws with the observation component.
Stephen Sawchuk, May 13, 2014
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6 min read
School & District Management Studies Highlight Complexities of Using Value-Added Measures
As a number of states begin evaluating teachers' effectiveness based on changes in their students' test scores, academic research is raising more questions about such "value-added" models.
Holly Kurtz, May 13, 2014
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8 min read
Teaching Profession Florida Judge: Teacher-Evaluation System Unfair, But Legal
Florida's teacher-evaluation law may be hastily implemented and unfair, but it's still legal, a federal court ruled.
Stephen Sawchuk, May 7, 2014
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1 min read
Teaching Profession Teacher-Evaluation Bid in Texas Gets Poor Union Reception
The Texas AFT doesn't like a plan submitted by the Lone Star State as part of its NCLB waiver.
Andrew Ujifusa, May 6, 2014
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2 min read
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