True and False on NEA's New Evaluation Policy
I've been getting lots of queries about the NEA's new teacher-evaluation policy, and the best way to address this is to list some of the common assertions I'm reading out there and to try to parse their "truthiness." Without further ado:
The policy statement adds nothing new to NEA's position on evaluations.: FALSE. Your intrepid blogger dragged NEA's 450-page handbook all the way to Chicago for just this kind of question! And under perusal, I found that current resolution D-20, which governs existing policy on teacher evaluation is fairly unspecific as to what should be reviewed in evaluations.
The new policy statement, in saying that teachers' evaluations must include a measure of the teacher's ability to improve student learning, is a step more specific. Also, D-20 opposes students' scores being used for evaluation.
