State of the States 2013 Connect the Dots

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State of the States 2013 Connect the Dots Using evaluations of teacher effectiveness to

State of the States 2013 Connect the Dots Using evaluations of teacher effectiveness to inform policy and practice National Council on Teacher Quality

Structure of Teacher Evaluation Systems in the States Single statewide system 2 12 27

Structure of Teacher Evaluation Systems in the States Single statewide system 2 12 27 Presumptive state model 10 State provides guidelines/criteria/op tional model State has no statewide specifications

State requirements for teacher observations State requires observation as part of teacher evaluations 45

State requirements for teacher observations State requires observation as part of teacher evaluations 45 State requires multiple observations States requires some unannounced observations State requires evaluation feedback to teachers 25 15 22

Additional teacher evaluation policies… State requires or allows use of surveys State requires evaluator

Additional teacher evaluation policies… State requires or allows use of surveys State requires evaluator certification 17 14

State policy connections between evaluation and:

State policy connections between evaluation and:

Lessons and Recommendations • States must to connect the dots. Overhauling evaluation systems is

Lessons and Recommendations • States must to connect the dots. Overhauling evaluation systems is expensive and time-consuming work – not using the results in meaningful ways is counterproductive and wasteful. • Differentiating teacher performance isn’t going to happen just because states and districts have a new evaluation rubric.

Lessons and Recommendations • All teachers need feedback – not just low-performers. • The

Lessons and Recommendations • All teachers need feedback – not just low-performers. • The Common Core should not be used as an argument for suspending teacher evaluations. • Special education and non-tested grades and subjects cannot be an afterthought.

Lessons and Recommendations • While there is a place for collective responsibility for school

Lessons and Recommendations • While there is a place for collective responsibility for school performance, school wide measures cannot be a substitute for individual measures of performance. • States need to require and implement measures that they can demonstrate correlate with student achievement – not allow teacher evaluation to become a watered-down process.