In SCORE’s 2009 Roadmap to Success, we recommended that Tennessee ensure that an effective teacher was at the front of every classroom. We made this recommendation based on research that shows effective teaching is the number one school-based factor in improving student achievement. One way we recommended that the state achieve this goal was by…
Official Press Release Organization Will “Listen and Gather Feedback on Successes and Challenges” (Nashville) – The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) today announced details of a statewide feedback process on Tennessee’s new teacher evaluation system at a meeting of the State Board of Education. The process, which is designed to gather input from a wide…
It has been a year of great change in Tennessee schools. Revised tenure rules, collaborative conferencing, the beginnings of the transition to Common Core standards have all been new dynamics in public education in the Volunteer State. Obviously one of the biggest and most important changes has been the movement to the new teacher performance…
Is the glass half-empty or half-full? My response to that simple question can be quite revealing. It’s a common question used to determine a person’s view or perspective about a particular circumstance. Am I a pessimist, realist, optimist, or opportunist? Regardless of my philosophical viewpoint, it is imperative to embrace two undeniable implications related to…
The talk around Tennessee’s implementation of a new teacher evaluation system has been, well, a little dramatic. In both media reports and personal conversations I’ve had with educators, I’ve heard comments along the lines of “we ought to be supporting teachers, not evaluating them to death.” Interestingly, many view the new teacher evaluation system as…