Taken together, Virginia’s current dependence on student achievement as a large percentage of teacher evaluations as well as the evidence presented, it is clear that there is a demonstrated need for further reform in teacher evaluations and merit pay both at the federal and state level. While there are places where teacher evaluations actually help teachers improve their performance which in turn increase their salaries, such examples are rare across the nation due to a variety of factors such as cost and inaccurate evaluations.
The costs associated with current systems, both to the fiscal bottom line and to the teaching profession are troublesome. The reason being is that the fiscal costs are often times costlier than removing poor teachers …show more content…
However, prior to examining possible alternatives policy makers should consider the Education Policy Analysis Archives’ guiding principles:
1) Teacher evaluation should be based on professional standards and must be sophisticated enough to assess teaching quality as it is manifested across the continuum of teacher …show more content…
Moving forward, policymakers should seek to develop innovative ideas that make use of the seven guiding princicples as they have beeen well vetted to ensure the applicability across states and school districts. They shoud also be mindful of the potential implications the systems will have on disadvatged groups, wethere it be the eteachers or their students. As quoted by Desander (2000), “whatever plan is used to improve the teaching climate, school board members and administrators might do well to remember one thing. Once in a great while, an outstanding teacher is born. But in most cases, excellent teachers are made. People have to be encouraged and helped to become good teachers ' '. This understanding will be crucial to the future development of teacher evaluations nationwide as policymakers seek to improve student academic achievement, teacher effectiveness, and public school
The costs associated with current systems, both to the fiscal bottom line and to the teaching profession are troublesome. The reason being is that the fiscal costs are often times costlier than removing poor teachers …show more content…
However, prior to examining possible alternatives policy makers should consider the Education Policy Analysis Archives’ guiding principles:
1) Teacher evaluation should be based on professional standards and must be sophisticated enough to assess teaching quality as it is manifested across the continuum of teacher …show more content…
Moving forward, policymakers should seek to develop innovative ideas that make use of the seven guiding princicples as they have beeen well vetted to ensure the applicability across states and school districts. They shoud also be mindful of the potential implications the systems will have on disadvatged groups, wethere it be the eteachers or their students. As quoted by Desander (2000), “whatever plan is used to improve the teaching climate, school board members and administrators might do well to remember one thing. Once in a great while, an outstanding teacher is born. But in most cases, excellent teachers are made. People have to be encouraged and helped to become good teachers ' '. This understanding will be crucial to the future development of teacher evaluations nationwide as policymakers seek to improve student academic achievement, teacher effectiveness, and public school