Nearly every state is revamping its teacher evaluation system, with most states requiring evaluations that employ a mixture of student performance and observation of teachers. While there has been much forward movement, there has been just as much concern, especially over the fairness of the new evaluations for teachers in non-tested grades and subjects. In Read more about June Issue Brief: Teacher Evaluation[…]
Download a new white paper written by Core Education’s president, Kimberly Fleming, PhD: https://www9.performancematters.com/?page_id=1308 Following is from the press release about the white paper: Over the last 15 years, Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) have gained tremendous momentum in K-12 education. In several states, including Florida, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio, these measurable instructional goals Read more about New White Paper on Technology and SLOs from Core Education’s President[…]
With news that 7 teachers in Florida, with the support of the National Education Association, are suing the Florida State Education Department, the issue of how to evaluate teachers is again making headlines. The teachers in Florida assert that their due process and equal protection rights are being violated because they were given evaluation scores Read more about Evaluation for Educators in Non-Tested Grades and Subjects[…]
In “Flexibility for Fairness: Crafting Business Rules for Student Learning Objectives” AIR’s Amy Potemski explores the ways in which states are creating “business rules” to allow for flexibility in the SLO process. SLOs, or Student Learning Objectives, are being used across states as a way to provide a student growth measure in non-tested grades and Read more about AIR offers Helpful Recommendations on Teacher Evaluation[…]
From the press release by the Boston-based Community Training and Assistance Center: As states and school districts increasingly use Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) in high stakes teacher evaluation and compensation systems to measure student academic growth, a new five-year study reports that high quality SLOs do improve teaching and bolster student growth. The national SLO Read more about New Study Corroborates State SLO Plans[…]
Increased awareness of how much effective teaching matters has led to a national momentum to find new ways to evaluate teaching. Many states and school districts are redesigning how teacher effectiveness is assessed, rewarded, and supported, efforts spurred or reinforced by Federal initiatives such as the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF-4). Many states and districts are Read more about CTAC opens a Student Learning Objectives Support Center[…]
The continuing discussion on teacher evaluations has led many to ask how to go about evaluating teachers in non-tested subjects. Some states have chosen to instead rely heavily on classroom observations; however, a new strategy has evolved that would include a “student learning objectives” (SLO) component. SLOs are “carefully planned goals for what a student Read more about Teacher Evaluations for Non-Tested Subjects: SLOs[…]