Evaluating America’s Teachers

Mission Possible?

When teacher evaluations are fair, everyone wins.

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:

• A discussion of common evaluation systems, including testing, value-added models, and observations
• Analysis of federal guidelines and state responses
• Action steps teachers and school leaders can take to influence policy
• A clear rationale and strategies for implementing a teacher evaluation model based on human judgment