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Bill revamps Ohio teacher evaluations. Requiring every teacher in Ohio to undergo a thorough annual evaluation might sound good in theory, but in practice many districts are finding that the cost and administrative burden outweigh the benefits.

Bill revamps Ohio teacher evaluations

“So much time was being spent on evaluations, it left less time available to actually work with teachers to improve what they do in the classroom,” said Sen. Randy Gardner. Lawmakers for years have wrestled with the complexity of producing an evaluation system that is fair to teachers, holds them sufficiently accountable and yet allows for local flexibility. Gardner, a Bowling Green Republican and former teacher, might have struck that balance with Senate Bill 229, which passed committee yesterday with bipartisan support and could see a full Senate vote today. If passed, it would go to the House.

Some changes appeared to ease much of the opposition. The current system just started this school year. Under current law, only a teacher rated “accomplished” can be evaluated every other year. How Ohio’s New Teacher Evaluations Will Change Student Teaching. Ida Lieszkovszky / StateImpact Ohio Kelsey Berryman says she wishes she could spend more time in the classroom before graduating in May.

How Ohio’s New Teacher Evaluations Will Change Student Teaching

Ohio’s educators have been nervously watching the development of a new way to evaluate teachers. They’re nervous because half of their evaluations will be based on student test scores. Officials hope the higher stakes will improve teaching performance. Creating High Quality Assessments. I’m at the ODE “Connecting the Dots” conference today.

Creating High Quality Assessments

The session I’m in right now (like, as I type this) is about designing high quality LEA assessments as SGM for SLO development. Because it fits so well with my post about SLOs, I had to share. Pair this post with my Layman’s term to help design your district’s work…(SLO in Layman’s Terms post) So, what is the process for designing a LEA SGM? What should you do as you guide teachers through this process? EXCELLENT! Like this: SLOs in Layman’s Terms (?) and What to do with HS? I’ve been stewing on SLOs since January when legislation dictated that value-added teachers (reading and math grades 4-8) would now be required (as of 2014-2015) to have 50% of their evaluation based on value-added.

SLOs in Layman’s Terms (?) and What to do with HS?

I attended an SLO training in January, but left feeling….unsatisfied. So many of my questions were answered with “That’s an LEA” decision, and “We cannot answer that at this time,” that I could hardly get a clear idea of what I was supposed to tell my district. I have struggled with the whys, whats, hows, whens, whos, and huhs? But ultimately, I’ve landed in “We do it because we have to” territory. I have to find the benefits and figure out a plan to meet the mandate–whether I think it’s adding to the work districts are already doing to meet new standards and all the other mandates we’re up against or running tangential to all those other mandates…

3/5 Presentation Materials

#OHEdChat 1-28-13 Archive. ODE Training Modules. ODE Eval Site. SGM Side. Fordham: Four Myths of Anti-Testing. Across the United States and beyond, the anti-testing movement seems to be reaching its crescendo.

Fordham: Four Myths of Anti-Testing

Yet the case against testing is remarkably weak, resting on a foundation of four fundamental misunderstandings of the role that assessments play in our schools. Myth #1: Teachers’ instincts should guide instruction Perhaps the most common anti-testing refrain is that we should get out of the way and just “let teachers teach.” The idea is that teachers know best and that standardized testing—or any kind of testing, really, other than the teacher-built kind—is a distracting nuisance that saps valuable instructional time, deflects instructors from what’s most essential, and yields very little useful information about student learning. SGM Side Main Page. Half of each teacher's evaluation comes from how much their students learn over the course of the year.

SGM Side Main Page

Student growth measures are a method for determining how much academic progress students are making by measuring growth between two points in time. The challenge for measuring student growth is that not all teachers can use the same assessment. For the purpose of teacher and principal evaluations, there are three ways to measure student growth. Types of Student Growth Measures Value-Added If available, teachers must include Value-Added data in the student growth measure. eTPES The electronic Teacher and Principal Evaluation System (eTPES) is the required accountability system for conducting and documenting educator evaluations and calculating ratings. Performance Side. Performance Side Main Page. Ohio's new system for evaluating teachers (Ohio's Teacher Evaluation System - OTES) will provide educators with a richer and more detailed view of their performance, with a focus on specific strengths and opportunities for improvement.

Performance Side Main Page

State Board of Education Approved Teacher Framework Each teacher will be evaluated according to Ohio Revised Code and the Evaluation Framework which is aligned with the Standards for the Teaching Profession adopted under state law. NIET Portal for Videos and Certified Evaluators. Apps for Evals. Performance Rubric. Ohio Standards for the Teaching Profession.