Evaluating teachers is what's "in" today. Determining teachers value. Making sure teachers make a difference. Identifying the good teachers from the bad.
The other hot topic is evaluating teachers based on student growth. Using test data to determine how much on an impact teachers have had or are having with the students in their classrooms.
In our state we are required to make student growth a "significant" factor when evaluating teachers.
How hard can it be? Give a couple of tests, look at the results, plug all that into a formula and there you have it. An easy way to evaluate the impact of a teacher.
The New York Times had an interesting article that spoke about the teacher evaluation system in New York City. This article suggests that evaluating a teacher is harder than it looks.
The article is a good read. It provides some perspective on a really complicated issue.
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