History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
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Past Educational Opportunity Reports
The real problem with IMPACT teacher evaluation
- 07-19-2011
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Guest blog by John Thompson/Washington Post
The firings late last week of more than 200 D.C. public school teachers based on the IMPACT evaluation system that was instituted under former chancellor Michelle Rhee should be viewed in light of an Education Sector report released in June called “Inside IMPACT” by senior writer/editor Susan Headden. Because the nonprofit Education Sector has been a supporter of Rhee and her successor, Kaya Henderson, questions raised by the organization about IMPACT have special interest. Headden spent months talking with teachers, sitting in on classroom observations and subsequent conferences, and she politely concluded that D.C.’s evaluation system has put hundreds of teachers on notice that their careers are in jeopardy, and “left the rest either encouraged and re-energized, or frustrated and scared.” (more...)
Also: Response to article by report's author at Washington Post and original report “Inside IMPACT: D.C.’s Model Teacher Evaluation System
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