Last month, the Tennessee State Board of Education adopted a state-recommended, state-wide teacher evaluation model currently being used in South Carolina. The Board also adopted three alternate models for districts to choose from, and the state will monitor each district closely in the coming year to make sure that teachers are being judged fairly regardless of the evaluation model they are working under. So far, only a few districts have asked to stray from the state-wide model.
Starting this year, teachers and principals will be evaluated with 50 percent of their score based on student achievement: 35 percent will be the teacher’s value-added score from both tested and untested subjects; fifteen percent will be based on graduation rates, AP coursework, and other school-selected data. The remaining 50 percent of the evaluation will come from at least four classroom observations using the state-approved evaluation models.
To read more about Tennessee’s new evaluation system, visit http://www.tnscore.org/
*Core Education is pleased to assist states and districts in crafting comprehensive evaluation systems for teachers and school leaders as well as plans for the thoughtful implementation of these systems. See http://www.coreeducationllc.com/evaluation.php for a description of the services we provide.
