Oregon Board of Education OKs teacher evaluations

Steven DuBois:

The state Board of Education has approved guidelines for how Oregon teachers and administrators will be evaluated.

Starting in 2013, multiple measures will be used to evaluate how well individual teachers are doing in three broad areas: professional practice, professional responsibility and student learning and growth. The evaluations will not be made public and standardized test scores will not be the sole measure of student progress.

The Oregon Legislature approved a bill last year to create statewide teaching standards, and Friday's action satisfied that requirement. Moreover, states seeking waivers from the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law must have teacher evaluation systems that factor in student progress. State education officials hope to obtain a waiver in the next week or two.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 1, 2012 2:08 AM
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