In National Journal Blog: Cautiously Move Forward with Teacher Evaluations

Laura Bornfreund
This post originally appeared on Early Ed Watch.

Last week’s National Journal Education Experts blog asks what we know and do not know about how to effectively evaluate teachers.

In my response, I say that teacher evaluation systems must be revamped; right now, they don’t tell teachers, principals or policymakers very much at all. But state and district officials should be judicious in implementation and cautious in making the evaluations high-stakes. There is still much we don’t know about how to adequately observe teachers, provide useful feedback and development, and measure teacher effectiveness, especially in the early grades.

See my full response here.