Stakeholders’ favorable views of a new teacher-evaluation program thus far suggest that the reform may be gaining traction in the district and that it could improve key outcomes for students.

Tennessee’s overhaul of teacher evaluation in 2011 led to sharp backlash and higher teacher turnover in the immediate aftermath, but a new study in the American Educational Research Journal finds that ...

My name is Nancy, and I had a 30-year career in the classroom, where I was never evaluated, except by... (dramatic pause) checklist. And yet--somehow, I continued to teach and my students continued to ...

John H. Tyler examines the challenges and potential solutions to evaluating high school teachers. A central part of education reform today is the wide-ranging and unprecedented effort to either revamp ...

While teacher evaluations remain a controversial topic in education reform, the Achievement First charter school in Bridgeport, Conn. uses a model of consistent evaluation, feedback and other ...

Read the Tulsa Public Schools teacher evaluation form. You can’t fire your way to excellence. It’s not just a phrase teachers and administrators use in discussing Tulsa Public Schools’ cutting-edge, 4 ...

In the two months since the Michigan Legislature passed teacher evaluation reform, there's been confusion among Ann Arbor teachers as to what is expected of them. A small but vocal group of Ann Arbor ...

Houston ISD's proposed evaluation system is largely in line with current research and practices, according to some experts, who raised some concerns about frequent classroom spot observations and ...

A policy outlining future superintendent evaluations is moving forward without a formal process for teachers to provide ...