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Robert Slavin on Teacher Evaluation
Robert Slavin on Teacher Evaluation
Current teacher evaluation schemes are among the most contentious of the current administration's policies. While states have long held schools accountable for their students' achievement, teachers are now being increasingly and individually held accountable, based on some combination of frequent, structured principal observations and value-added scores from state achievement tests. States that received giant Race to the Top grants have had to have teacher evaluation plans as a part of their applications, as have states seeking waivers from onerous requirements of No Child Left Behind.
In concept, evaluating teachers makes perfect sense. In what private company are employees not evaluated and held accountable for their contribution to their company's bottom line? Why should teachers be exempt from assessments of their job performance? In fact, teachers have been evaluated by their principals since long before Willa Cather was a first-year teacher, and these observations have long identified inadequate teachers.
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