Study: States' teacher-evaluation policies are a-changin'

10-27-2011

Guest blog by Liana Heitin/Education Week

The National Council on Teacher Quality released a study today examining the "changing landscape" of teacher-evaluation policies—which have proliferated in the last two years—across the states. The report details some of the trends I addressed in a state roundup published in July. Those trends include a dramatic increase in the number of states tying teacher evaluations to student achievement and indications that there's continued legislative interest in making evaluations more rigorous, despite the fact that Race to the Top incentives aren't currently on the table. In a webinar for education reporters, Sandi Jacobs, vice president of Washington-based NCTQ, explained that 24 states and the District of Columbia now require annual evaluations for all teachers, while in 2009, only 15 states had that requirement. Jacobs also said that 23 states and D.C. now require teacher evaluations to include objective evidence of student learning. (more...)

Also: Education Week, Hechinger Report

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