Tag: teacher evaluation

Teacher Evaluation Policy Series | Deweaponizing Teacher Evaluation: Using Teacher Evaluation for Growth (Part Two) by Sarah L. Hairston in collaboration with Dr. Thomas W. Hairston

This is the second in our series on teacher evaluation policy. Teacher evaluation has been a major feature of education policy reform in the United States during the past ten years. The triumvirate of Race to the Top (2009) funding competition, the No Child Left Behind waivers (2011), and the passage of the Every Student

Teacher Evaluation Policy Series | Deweaponizing teacher evaluation: Using teacher evaluation for growth (Part One) by Sarah L. Hairston in collaboration with Dr. Thomas W. Hairston

This is the first in our series on teacher evaluation policy. Teacher evaluation has been a major feature of education policy reform in the United States during the past ten years. The triumvirate of Race to the Top (2009) funding competition, the No Child Left Behind waivers (2011), and the passage of the Every Student

On the instability of teacher effectiveness measures, by Morgan Polikoff

  One of the most important policy innovations of the last few years has been the adoption and implementation of new multiple-measure teacher evaluation systems. These systems, encouraged by the Obama administration’s Race to the Top and No Child Left Behind Waiver programs, use measures of student learning alongside other measures of teachers’ classroom performance