New teacher evaluations: Tougher but not always used to improve instruction
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October 27, 2013
Speaking of new studies per my previous posting this morning, the National Council on Teacher Quality just released"Connecting the Dots: Using Evaluations of Teacher Effectiveness to Inform Policy and Practice."
The council describes the study as "a lay of the land on state teacher evaluation policy in 2013."
Here is the official summary: (Note Georgia gets kudos for adopting a policy connecting the performance of students to their teachers and the institutions where the teachers trained.)
The report finds that there has been an unprecedented adoption of more rigorous teacher evaluation policies across the states, with 35 states and the District of Columbia Public Schools now requiring student achievement to be a significant criterion for rating teacher effectiveness.
Most states, however, are lagging in efforts to use this new information about teacher
Most states, however, are lagging in efforts to use this new information about teacher