A sweeping new evaluation system would grade Houston ISD teachers based on their students' test scores, classroom observations, and "planning and professionalism," according to a draft proposal ...

The North Carolina State Board of Education will seek permission and funding for a pilot program that would drastically raise teacher pay while subjecting them to more consequential evaluations.

ESEA Waivers and Teacher-Evaluation Plans State Oversight of District-Designed Teacher-Evaluation Systems. According to ESEA waivers, many states allow school districts’ discretion in the design ...

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A controversial federal plan to track new teachers drew new support at the last minute, setting up a showdown with traditionalists. WSJ's Joe Barrett reports. Photo: Getty A coalition of teacher ...

Months after a new teacher evaluation system went into effect, the Tennessee commissioner of education is proposing that required classroom observations and follow-ups be condensed.

Besides, the new evaluation plans have huge problems embedded, beyond the make-work element. Hint: this is how pointless and ineffectual evaluation-checklists came into being.

More than 90 percent of teacher evaluation plans that Long Island school districts rushed to complete by a state deadline already are nearing expiration, a lapse that some educators and analysts ...

The system is also expensive: The amount of bonus money paid out to teachers has steadily increased as evaluation scores have improved, jumping from $3.2 million in 2009-10 to $8.1 million last ...

ALBANY (AP) — State Education Commissioner John King said Wednesday he has approved teacher evaluation plans for 10 school districts while providing feedback to more than 100 about the measur… ...