Student Growth Still a Critical Factor in Teacher Evaluations
The backlash against using student test scores to evaluate teachers continues to gain momentum, with Georgia among the latest states changing their policies. In a unanimous vote, the Georgia State Board decided to diminish the role of student test scores. Before the vote, student performance made up 50 percent of teacher evaluation outcomes. With the change, it will make up 30 percent of a teacher’s score. The...
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5 Ways to Give Teachers Better Performance Evaluations in 2017
No matter the industry, employees want to know how they’re doing. Statistics back this up. It turns out that effective teacher evaluations could be the key to increased employee retention, a more engaged staff, and improvements in overall performance. Take a look at just a few of the statistics that stress the importance of employee evaluations: 65 percent of employees said they want more feedback Companies that...
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School Districts Explore New Forms of Teacher Evaluations in 2017
In New York City, school officials are launching new teacher evaluations that place a higher priority on students’ classroom work over test scores. Meanwhile, the Connecticut State Board of Education is debating whether to delay a proposal that would require teachers to be evaluated based partly on student test scores. Similar scenarios are playing out nationally as school districts set out to improve the...
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How to Improve Accuracy & Effectiveness of Teacher Evaluations
How effective are your teacher evaluations? Are they being conducted according to the universal guidelines set out by your school district? It’s possible that they are not being conducted accurately. That was the finding of a consulting group that analyzed the evaluations conducted for Idaho’s school systems. The review revealed that 99 percent of its teachers underwent evaluations that were completed...
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Why Technology may be the Key to Better Teacher Evaluations
Let’s talk about the purpose of an employee evaluation — or, in this case, a teacher evaluation. It all comes down to providing constructive feedback that will help employees improve the way they do their jobs. On the surface, it seems fairly simple. However, executing that task for dozens of teachers can be challenging. According to a survey conducted by TINYpulse, 31 percent of managers said that employee...
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