Pearson’s Center for Educator Effectiveness has released a new guide to assist states and districts as they begin to develop and implement new teacher and principal evaluation systems. The guide, Evaluating Teachers and Principals: Developing Fair, Valid and Reliable Systems, highlights the critical steps and considerations necessary to build a strong framework for fair and valid educator effectiveness systems.
These steps and considerations include:
1. Defining the construct: What is an effective educator?
2. Deploying multiple indicators: What evidence characterizes good teaching and school leadership?
3. Developing a clear composite rating: What weights should each indicator have and who should be involved in the decision?
4. Clarify differentiated performance levels: What distinguishes varying levels of educator effectiveness?
5. Building strong data analysis and reporting tools: What does information reveal about student, educator, and school performance?
6. Improve instructional and leadership practice: How can the information target professional development to boost educator practice, student learning outcomes, and school efficacy?
Pearson’s Center for Educator Effectiveness will be continuing the conversation about this guide and its recommendations in a series of workshops for state and school district leaders. Information about the workshops will be announced on the Center’s website in the coming weeks. After perusing the guide, Pearson also encourages educators to share their insights and perspectives on educator effectiveness systems at http://educatoreffectiveness.pearsonassessments.com/guide
