A study of teacher evaluation in five charter schools from Morgaen L. Donaldson with Heather G. Peske. Teacher evaluation and charter schools feature prominently in President Barack Obama’s proposals ...

There are some questions every school leader should be able to answer: Are my teachers helping their students learn? Who are the outstanding teachers I need to fight hard to keep? Which teachers ...

With the pressure on to increase student learning, two states are in the process of overhauling what analysts say is among the most neglected pieces of the teacher-quality continuum: evaluation. Both ...

At all levels of education in the New York area, the key conversation at this moment in time revolves around the APPR (Annual Professional Performance Review) which will beginning now affect New ...

Billions have been spent on linking teacher evaluations to student test scores. But a new study finds the practice has had no overall effect on student achievement. We’ve spent billions trying to ...

Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles speaks during a press conference on Jan. 17, 2024. Hours before the state-installed management board of Houston ISD approved a new system for evaluating the ...

Houston ISD is collecting feedback on a new teacher evaluation system it aims to launch next academic year. Eighteen campuses, called "Trailblazers" by the district, are testing the system, and ...

The Houston Independent School District plans to move to a new teacher appraisal system in the 2025-2026 school year. (CNN) The five-year DOI strategic plan will bring several new policies aimed at ...

More than 1,000 who teachers scored “highly effective” on last year’s performance evaluations say they were supposed to ...

Houston ISD plans to use the state-approved teacher appraisal system to evaluate teachers this year after a judge blocked the initial system from going into effect. The appointed HISD Board of ...

Sarah Zimmerman received top ratings on her teacher evaluation last year. Her evaluator, she said, was impressed that she could navigate Zoom so seamlessly while teaching virtually and in-person at ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Houston ISD board managers approved a new, locally designed teacher evaluation system that will be used, in part, to determine teacher salaries. Board managers approved the new ...