Evaluating America's Teachers

<p><strong><em>When teacher evaluations are fair everyone wins.</em></strong></p><p>Poor evaluation systems don’t just hurt teachers—they hurt students too. That’s why America can’t afford to wait for the teacher-evaluation problem to be solved. To provide balanced accurate and rigorous evaluations that take into account each teacher’s particular circumstances only one system can work: evidence-governed collegial judgment. This book includes:</p><ul> <li>A discussion of common evaluation systems including testing value-added models and observations </li> <li>Analysis of federal guidelines and state responses </li> <li>Action steps teachers and school leaders can take to influence policy </li> <li>A clear rationale and strategies for implementing a teacher evaluation model based on human judgment </li></ul><br />