Dozens of teachers, parents and students are expected to come together Wednesday afternoon for a protest against New Mexico's new teacher evaluation plan. Skip to content NOWCAST KOAT Action 7 ...

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 ...

There is an idea put forth by some “reformers” that teachers are implacable opponents of any evaluation system that might reveal some of us to be deficient. Untrue.

Among all black teachers — regardless if they have been evaluated or not — 68, or 5.9 percent, are on one of the plans; among white teachers, 53, or 1.8 percent, have a plan; and among ...

Fifteen percent would be devoted to "planning and professionalism," determined by a teacher's use of data to plan lessons and preparation for a lesson, and a final 5% devoted to how a teacher ...

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 ...

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 ...

These new models of teacher evaluation include state tests, district tests, classroom observations, student and parent surveys, self-assessments from teachers, lesson-plan reviews, ...

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

With a 90-day deadline on negotiations with the teachers union having passed, Chicago Public Schools can implement a teacher evaluation system that will see student performance count for 25 percent… ...

More than 300 Long Island public school principals, from about two-thirds of the districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties have united against the state's evaluation system that links teacher ...