{"id":521,"date":"2011-09-08T12:30:40","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T16:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/?p=521"},"modified":"2012-04-26T14:01:35","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T18:01:35","slug":"dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"DCPS to Change Teacher Evaluation Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DCPS officials are moving to change the most controversial reform of former Chancellor Michelle Rhee: teacher evaluation.\u00a0 The IMPACT evaluation system requires that teachers be observed five times per year (three times by a school administrator and twice by a \u201cmaster teacher\u201d) and rated on a scale of 1 to 4; however that is changing this school year.<\/p>\n<p>The 290 teachers who received \u201chighly effective\u201d ratings for the past two years and earn at least a 3.5 on their first two evaluations of this school year have the option to waive the remaining three evaluations.\u00a0 Of the two observations still required, one will be performed by a master educator and the other by a school administrator.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Thompson, director of teacher effectiveness strategy for DCPS, cautions that this is only a pilot.\u00a0 If teachers who waive their final three evaluations score poorly in their first two evaluations the following year, DCPS will have to re-evaluate to determine next steps.\u00a0 \u201cEveryone thinks it\u2019s reasonable to be evaluated and held to high standards, and if [teachers] consistently demonstrate they are high-performing, it didn\u2019t seem like they needed to be observed quite as many times,\u201d Thompson said.<\/p>\n<p>Classroom observations count for 75% of teacher evaluations for subjects that do not have standardized exams; for the \u201ccore\u201d subjects that do have state-mandated exams, observations count for 35%.\u00a0 Ashley Allen of Endeavor Group, a firm that advises philanthropies on local education donations, notes that the plan has some drawbacks.\u00a0 \u201cYou have teachers who are right on the line of \u2018highly effective\u2019 who would benefit from more feedback, so if they opt out of the observations, it could shortchange them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To read the full story, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/local\/dc\/2011\/09\/dcps-change-its-teacher-evaluation-tool\">http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/local\/dc\/2011\/09\/dcps-change-its-teacher-evaluation-tool<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DCPS officials are moving to change the most controversial reform of former Chancellor Michelle Rhee: teacher evaluation.\u00a0 The IMPACT evaluation system requires that teachers be observed five times per year (three times by a school administrator and twice by a \u201cmaster teacher\u201d) and rated on a scale of 1 to 4; however that is changing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Read more about DCPS to Change Teacher Evaluation Tool<\/span>[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[135,61],"class_list":["post-521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teacher-evaluation","tag-impact","tag-teacher-evaluation-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DCPS to Change Teacher Evaluation Tool - Core Education, LLC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DCPS to Change Teacher Evaluation Tool - Core Education, LLC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DCPS officials are moving to change the most controversial reform of former Chancellor Michelle Rhee: teacher evaluation.\u00a0 The IMPACT evaluation system requires that teachers be observed five times per year (three times by a school administrator and twice by a \u201cmaster teacher\u201d) and rated on a scale of 1 to 4; however that is changing Read more about DCPS to Change Teacher Evaluation Tool[&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Core Education, LLC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Core-Education-LLC-355510877440\/?fref=ts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-09-08T16:30:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-04-26T18:01:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CoreLogo_edu-LG-wht-framed.png?fit=1135%2C624&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1135\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"624\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"coreeducation\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CoreEducation1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CoreEducation1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"coreeducation\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"coreeducation\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2eb7c51d3eeff86dc4b6f5ec6f626bf1\"},\"headline\":\"DCPS to Change Teacher Evaluation Tool\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-08T16:30:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-04-26T18:01:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":288,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"IMPACT\",\"teacher evaluation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Teacher Evaluation\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\\\/\",\"name\":\"DCPS to Change Teacher Evaluation Tool - Core Education, LLC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-08T16:30:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-04-26T18:01:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DCPS to Change Teacher Evaluation Tool\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Core Education, LLC\",\"description\":\"The &quot;Core&quot; of Education\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Core Education, LLC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/cropped-CoreLogo_edu-LG-wht.png?fit=777%2C272&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/cropped-CoreLogo_edu-LG-wht.png?fit=777%2C272&ssl=1\",\"width\":777,\"height\":272,\"caption\":\"Core Education, LLC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Core-Education-LLC-355510877440\\\/?fref=ts\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/CoreEducation1\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/core-education-llc?trk=company_logo\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2eb7c51d3eeff86dc4b6f5ec6f626bf1\",\"name\":\"coreeducation\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/79d74775edf73a331abd4a112970ca5f1a185a5c187e9dcb009b5ba9e768b1a9?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/79d74775edf73a331abd4a112970ca5f1a185a5c187e9dcb009b5ba9e768b1a9?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/79d74775edf73a331abd4a112970ca5f1a185a5c187e9dcb009b5ba9e768b1a9?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"coreeducation\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.coreeducationllc.com\\\/blog2\\\/author\\\/coreeducation\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DCPS to Change Teacher Evaluation Tool - Core Education, LLC","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"DCPS to Change Teacher Evaluation Tool - Core Education, LLC","og_description":"DCPS officials are moving to change the most controversial reform of former Chancellor Michelle Rhee: teacher evaluation.\u00a0 The IMPACT evaluation system requires that teachers be observed five times per year (three times by a school administrator and twice by a \u201cmaster teacher\u201d) and rated on a scale of 1 to 4; however that is changing Read more about DCPS to Change Teacher Evaluation Tool[&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\/","og_site_name":"Core Education, LLC","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Core-Education-LLC-355510877440\/?fref=ts","article_published_time":"2011-09-08T16:30:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-04-26T18:01:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1135,"height":624,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CoreLogo_edu-LG-wht-framed.png?fit=1135%2C624&ssl=1","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"coreeducation","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@CoreEducation1","twitter_site":"@CoreEducation1","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"coreeducation","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\/"},"author":{"name":"coreeducation","@id":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/#\/schema\/person\/2eb7c51d3eeff86dc4b6f5ec6f626bf1"},"headline":"DCPS to Change Teacher Evaluation Tool","datePublished":"2011-09-08T16:30:40+00:00","dateModified":"2012-04-26T18:01:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\/"},"wordCount":288,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/#organization"},"keywords":["IMPACT","teacher evaluation"],"articleSection":["Teacher Evaluation"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\/","url":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\/","name":"DCPS to Change Teacher Evaluation Tool - Core Education, LLC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-09-08T16:30:40+00:00","dateModified":"2012-04-26T18:01:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/dcps-to-change-teacher-evaluation-tool\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DCPS to Change Teacher Evaluation Tool"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/","name":"Core Education, LLC","description":"The &quot;Core&quot; of Education","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/#organization","name":"Core Education, LLC","url":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cropped-CoreLogo_edu-LG-wht.png?fit=777%2C272&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cropped-CoreLogo_edu-LG-wht.png?fit=777%2C272&ssl=1","width":777,"height":272,"caption":"Core Education, LLC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Core-Education-LLC-355510877440\/?fref=ts","https:\/\/x.com\/CoreEducation1","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/core-education-llc?trk=company_logo"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/#\/schema\/person\/2eb7c51d3eeff86dc4b6f5ec6f626bf1","name":"coreeducation","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/79d74775edf73a331abd4a112970ca5f1a185a5c187e9dcb009b5ba9e768b1a9?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/79d74775edf73a331abd4a112970ca5f1a185a5c187e9dcb009b5ba9e768b1a9?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/79d74775edf73a331abd4a112970ca5f1a185a5c187e9dcb009b5ba9e768b1a9?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"coreeducation"},"url":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/author\/coreeducation\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":523,"href":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}