Teacher Effectiveness: Sixth Standard Update
Effective this school year, the State Board of Education has added growth in student performance as a sixth standard on the Teacher Evaluation Instrument. For the 2011-12 school year, there will be no state-mandated consequences for teachers based on their sixth standard rating, but principals must discuss the standard with each teacher as part of the evaluation process. Only teachers with three or more years of data will receive a formal rating on the sixth standard; all other teachers will have student data populated in the sixth standard, but no formal rating. A teacher's rating on the sixth standard will be based on whether a teacher's students meet growth expectations, exceed growth expectations, or fail to meet growth expectations. An average of three years of student growth information will be used to determine the teacher's rating.
The sixth standard requires no change to the evaluation process during the school year. The standard will be automatically populated through the use of three years of data points on student growth. Principals and other classroom observers do not need to take additional action during the year to ensure that data are included.
