Stay updated with breaking news from Teacher Evaluation System. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Houston ISD leaders will vote if the district should return to it's old teacher evaluation system after a judge in a lawsuit struck down a new system.
Van Wert, Ohio breaking news and local information from the Van Wert Independent.
On tests? is that key? >> when i was the d.c., we had a circumstance where only 8% of the children in eighth grade were on grade level in mathematics. when you looked at the performance evaluations of adults in the system, 98% were rated as doing a great job. >> everybody was a genius. >> you have a disconnect. d.c. and tennessee were the two jurisdictions across the country that actually implemented the model first, which said we have to link how well students are doing, how much they're growing to a teacher's evaluation. i think we're beginning to see the fruits of that. >> you talk about re...
Virginia says the model did improve teacher performance. so joining me now to talk about it is michelle reed, former chancellor of washington, d.c. public schools. she implemented the impact system, and she's now ceo and founder of the nonprofit lobbying group students first. thanks so much for being here. we really appreciate it. thanks for having me. >> michelle, first, i want to get your reaction to this study. this was obviously a controversial program when you first implemented it. you got a lot of heat for it. so what's your reaction today? >> you know, my reaction is just that sort of c...
There were five during the course of the year. some that were done by the principal and some done by master educators, experts in their subject area and grade level. and then we also looked at things like contributions to school community and how the school overall was doing. it looked through multiple lens at how effective a teacher is. it was much, much more sort of comprehensive than any kind of teacher evaluation system that had been in place before. >> michelle, some of your critics say it's possible that you're actually losing some quality teachers though because they don't fit into this...