EdSource Today: Los Angeles Unified, union cut deal on test scores and...
By John Fensterwald Facing a court-ordered deadline, Los Angeles Unified and its teachers union have agreed on a framework for evaluating teachers that will include using student scores on local and...
View ArticleEducation Week: Group Tackles Evaluation of Special Education Teachers
by Nirvi Shah From guest blogger Liana Heitin For several years now, teacher evaluation has dominated education-policy discussions in statehouses and otherwise. But for the most part, the country’s...
View ArticleEdSource Today: EdWatch 2013: Teacher evaluation law will be taken on again
By John Fensterwald Breakthrough agreements in two California school districts and a much anticipated report on improving teacher effectiveness have raised expectations that it might actually be...
View ArticleThe Reporter – Ernest Kimme: Michelle Rhee is charming, but where is her...
I find it so irritating when you know in advance that you will despise a person, yet when you finally meet them, they turn out to be articulate and funny and they make a lot of sense. Michelle Rhee led...
View ArticleEdSource Today: New teacher assessment: much promise, many questions
By Benjamin Riley What if I told you that: There is a major national education reform under way, with its origins in California; which may result in the creation of a national “bar exam” to enter the...
View ArticleVCUSD’s Facebook Wall: Enhancing the evaluation process
The Vallejo City Unified School District (VCUSD) working in collaboration with the Vallejo Education Association (VEA) is seeking to enhance the evaluation process that is currently used for its...
View ArticleSacBee: Bill to alter evaluations of California teachers fails again in Senate
By Jeremy B. White Legislation that would alter how California schools judge teachers flunked another test on Tuesday, failing to advance for the second time in a week. The Senate Education Committee...
View ArticleEdSource Today: San Jose teachers, board adopt landmark teacher evaluation...
By John Fensterwald Breaking new ground in California, San Jose Unified has adopted an innovative teacher evaluation process that gives teachers a role in reviewing their peers and greatly revises the...
View ArticleEffort to shorten process of firing teachers faltering again | EdSource Today
By John Fensterwald For the second straight year, legislation to quicken and simplify dismissal procedures for teachers is in danger of running aground. Last year, the state’s teachers unions thwarted...
View ArticleLawmakers May Debate Testing, Teacher Evaulations in NCLB Renewal – Education...
By Alyson Klein Big news of the week is that the U.S. House of Representatives may consider a long-stalled bill to renew the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. (It’s set for possible floor...
View ArticleMore NCLB Waiver States Get Federal Approval for Teacher Evaluations –...
By Michele McNeil The U.S. Department of Education continues to quietly approve—and negotiate over—states’ teacher-evaluation systems as part of its No Child Left Behind Act waiver process. via More...
View ArticleStanford professor finds Michelle Rhee’s teacher evaluation system was...
By John Fensterwald Score one for Michelle Rhee and performance pay. A study released Wednesday of the controversial teacher evaluation system that Rhee initiated when she was chancellor of the...
View ArticleCalifornia measure would replace seniority with performance for teacher...
By Laurel Rosenhall A ballot measure submitted by a political consultant for education advocate Michelle Rhee seeks to remove seniority as a factor when California school districts lay off teachers,...
View ArticleIn landmark trial, both sides debate whether teacher protection laws fail...
By John Fensterwald The teacher tenure, seniority and dismissal laws that the nonprofit organization Students Matter wants a judge to overturn are essential to create a “professional, stable workforce”...
View ArticleThe Politics of Teacher Evaluation Formulas – Education Next
By Chad Aldeman As states revamp their teacher evaluation systems, they continue to search for that magic number: the percentage of a teacher evaluation rating that should be based on student academic...
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