Fewer states are using student test scores to evaluate teachers, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality. As of this year, 34 states require scores to be used in teacher evaluations, down from a high of 43 in 2015.
The decline illustrates the continued retreat of an idea that took education policy by storm during the first half of the decade, but proved divisive and difficult to implement.
Does evaluating teachers based on student test scores work?
A study of a Gates Foundation-funded project showed that tougher evaluations failed to yield any clear benefits in a number of states.
These terrible education ideas just won't go away. A big cause of this is our UFT continuing to support teacher evaluations based on student scores on assessments. We have to change this. Dropping union dues won't do that. Becoming an activist just might.
Our petition to completely overhaul the teacher evaluation system needs to take off again. Tell five or more teachers or friends. Spread the word beyond this inner circle.
Our petition to completely overhaul the teacher evaluation system needs to take off again. Tell five or more teachers or friends. Spread the word beyond this inner circle.
Evaluate this...principal said it is non negotiable that we have a hard copy lesson plan sitting out or we will automatically and immediately get an ineffective for the planning domain. This shows what teeth the uft has...none.
ReplyDeleteHard copy or electronic copy was always the rule. What should it be?
ReplyDeleteThe anonymous idiots here probably couldn't get any of their colleagues to sign anything, let alone fixing the evaluation system.
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