New Online Tracker Shows How States Will Hold Schools Accountable Under ESSA

Posted on November 17, 2017November 11, 2017 by coreeducation

Achieve has released an online tracking tool that summarizes components of states’ accountability plans as submitted to the U.S. Department of Education under the requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The tool also allows for users to compare states’ accountability metrics. As part of ESSA, every state was required to create and submit Read more about New Online Tracker Shows How States Will Hold Schools Accountable Under ESSA[…]

Communication and Engagement Strategies for High-Quality Evaluation

Posted on June 10, 2015June 6, 2015 by coreeducation

State and district leaders need more than high-quality measures of teacher effectiveness to make their evaluation policies stick. They also need communications and engagement strategies, ongoing professional learning and support opportunities for teachers, and a plan to combine and use evaluation data to inform decisions at the school, district and state level. Without these pieces Read more about Communication and Engagement Strategies for High-Quality Evaluation[…]

New REL Reports on Incorporating Multiple Measures into Teacher and Principal Evaluation Models

Posted on January 15, 2015January 15, 2015 by coreeducation

Four new reports from the Regional Education Laboratories (RELs) West, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic examine new multiple-measure teacher and leader evaluations across the nation. These reports are helping to build the literature base on the connections between educator effectiveness and evaluation. Principal and teacher perceptions of implementation of multiple measure teacher evaluation systems in Arizona In Read more about New REL Reports on Incorporating Multiple Measures into Teacher and Principal Evaluation Models[…]

Adding Eyes: The Rise, Rewards, and Risks of Multi-Rater Teacher Observation Systems

Posted on January 6, 2015 by coreeducation

A new report on teacher evaluation from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching by Taylor White evaluates many of the new, more complex, (and hopefully more fair) teacher evaluation systems being rolled out in various school systems. State and local policymakers are starting to replace the often-cursory teacher observations of the past with Read more about Adding Eyes: The Rise, Rewards, and Risks of Multi-Rater Teacher Observation Systems[…]