Stupid Teacher Evaluation Tricks
In our brave, new, reformy world, teachers need to be evaluated through multiple measures. So we're going to use test scores to rate their effectiveness, but we're also going to use observations from their principals. Because it wouldn't be right to just use one or the other: reformy types all agree on this.
But how we will make both work together? Lucky for you, America, the great state of Tennessee is leading the way on teacher evaluation:
But how we will make both work together? Lucky for you, America, the great state of Tennessee is leading the way on teacher evaluation:
In Murfreesboro City Schools, principals rated nearly half the teachers a five — the best score possible on the state’s new evaluation.
But in Fayette County Schools in far West Tennessee, only 1 percent garnered that rating.
The first glimpse of how educators fared under the system, which ultimately will affect whether they earn and keep tenure, demonstrated how subjective the process can be. The Tennessee