{"id":10350,"date":"2012-07-17T13:49:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T17:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=10350"},"modified":"2012-07-25T10:00:18","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T14:00:18","slug":"tennessee-study-identifies-shortcomings-in-teacher-evaluations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/07\/17\/tennessee-study-identifies-shortcomings-in-teacher-evaluations\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Study Identifies Shortcomings In Teacher Evaluations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4991\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/02\/16\/inside-the-mathematical-equation-for-teacher-merit-pay\/formula\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4991\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4991\" title=\"formula\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/02\/formula-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/02\/formula-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/02\/formula-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/02\/formula.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">CHARLES TRAINOR JR. \/ Miami Herald<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">High school advanced calculus teacher, Orlando Sarduy, writes out the formula that will grade and help determine the pay of Florida teachers. Even for a college math major like him, the formula is too confusing to understand. He calls it a &quot;mathematical experiment.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/article\/20120717\/NEWS04\/307160058\/TN-education-reform-hits-bump-teacher-evaluation\">report on Tennessee teacher evaluations<\/a> could have big implications in Florida as well.<\/p>\n<p>The report found Tennessee schools \u201csystematically failed\u201d to identify low-performing teachers through a combination of student test score improvement and principal evaluations, according to <em>The Tennessean<\/em>. Often, a principal&#8217;s evaluation and the teacher&#8217;s student testing score did not match.<\/p>\n<p>Three-quarters of Tennessee teachers earned the highest scores of 4 or 5 on their principal&#8217;s evaluation, but just half of teachers earned a 4 or 5 based on test data.<\/p>\n<p>The results were similar at the other end of the scale.<\/p>\n<p>Principals awarded scores of 1 or 2 to just 2.5 percent of teachers. But 16 percent of teachers earned a 1 or 2 based on test scores.<\/p>\n<p>Of those teachers who scored a 1 based on test scores, the average principal score was 3.6.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvaluators are telling teachers they exceed expectations in their observation feedback when in fact student outcomes paint a very different picture,\u201d the report concludes. \u201cThis behavior skirts managerial responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee board of education could discuss changes later this month. The results could force Florida lawmakers and school districts to rethink evaluations.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Legislature has required school districts to <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/tag\/senate-bill-736\/\">develop a similar teacher evaluation system<\/a>, with half the score dependent on student testing gains. Districts must develop a system to pay teachers based on performance by July 1, 2014.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-content alignleft\"><h4 class=\"related-header\">Related<\/h4><div class=\"links\"><h5>Posts<\/h5><ul><li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2011\/08\/15\/merit-pay-could-mean-big-rewards-for-florida-teachers\/\">Merit Pay Could Mean Big Rewards for Florida Teachers<\/a><\/li><li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2011\/07\/19\/second-study-says-merit-pay-fails-to-motivate-improve-scores\/\">Second Study Says Merit Pay Fails to Motivate, Improve Scores<\/a><\/li><li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2011\/11\/15\/hillsborough-teacher-suspended-after-objecting-to-evaluator-posts-emails\/\">Read the Emails Between Suspended Hillsborough Teacher and Union Officials<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"topics\"><h5>Topics<\/h5><p class=\"topic\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2011\/07\/formula-60x60.jpg\" height=\"60\" width=\"60\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/topic\/merit-pay\/\">Does Performance-Based Pay Have Any\u00a0Merit?<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Florida requires <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/02\/16\/inside-the-mathematical-equation-for-teacher-merit-pay\/\">half a teacher&#8217;s evaluation is based on student testing gains over a three-year period<\/a>. Districts can negotiate the other half of the evaluation with teachers, but it must be based on instructional practice or leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee report also highlights a problem with evaluating teachers who don&#8217;t teach currently tested subject areas, such as the arts or physical education. Those teachers are graded based on the school-wide testing averages.<\/p>\n<p>The report says schools should develop tests to measure those students and teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Florida faces the same issue, with school districts required to develop tests by 2014-2015 to measure all subject areas. That coincides with the switch to national Common Core standards and testing, which will replace the current <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/tag\/fcat\/\">Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The National Council on Teacher Quality <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/01\/19\/miami-dade-teacher-evaluations-insufficient-report-says\/\">has previously found problems with Miami-Dade school evaluations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>About half of Florida school districts have <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.orlandosentinel.com\/2012-07-13\/features\/os-florida-teacher-evaluations-20120713_1_new-teacher-evaluations-evaluation-plan-teacher-merit-pay-law\">adopted an evaluation model developed by researcher Robert Marzano<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: This post has been updated to delete incorrect information about Orange County&#8217;s teacher evaluations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report on Tennessee teacher evaluations could have big implications in Florida as well. The report found Tennessee schools \u201csystematically failed\u201d to identify low-performing teachers through a combination of student test score improvement and principal evaluations, according to The Tennessean. Often, a principal&#8217;s evaluation and the teacher&#8217;s student testing score did not match. 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