Indiana overhauls how it evaluates teachers
INDIANAPOLIS — Reform: There is perhaps no idea more embraced in education circles nationally—and especially here.
Indiana is in the midst of a massive education reform effort that includes the creation of vouchers, increasing the number of charter schools and adopting a new system to hold schools accountable. For the first time, that includes taking control of failing schools away from districts.
It could be argued, however, that no reform measure will have more impact in the classroom than a new state program that is being piloted in six Indiana school districts and is about to be unleashed in every school across the state.
Beginning next school year, the way teachers are evaluated—in essence, graded—will change dramatically. The
Indiana is in the midst of a massive education reform effort that includes the creation of vouchers, increasing the number of charter schools and adopting a new system to hold schools accountable. For the first time, that includes taking control of failing schools away from districts.
It could be argued, however, that no reform measure will have more impact in the classroom than a new state program that is being piloted in six Indiana school districts and is about to be unleashed in every school across the state.
Beginning next school year, the way teachers are evaluated—in essence, graded—will change dramatically. The