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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Houston ISD plans to use the state-approved teacher appraisal system to ... 40% of a teachers’ evaluation was based on ... such as incorporating regimented timers into the classroom lesson, ...

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 ...

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 state would post evaluation information online, but redact teachers' names. Sign up for the NewsdayTV newsletter From breaking news to special features and documentaries, the NewsdayTV team is ...

The new teacher evaluation system, which the state has been piloting for over a year, is set to take effect July 1. Participating school districts will use it to make pay, employment and other ...