This report from advocacy group TNTP documents uniformly high teacher-evaluation results and a very low number of teachers being dismissed for performance in the 12 districts studied. ( View an ...

Incorporating Student Performance Measures into Teacher Evaluation Systems. Jennifer Steele, Laura Hamilton, and Brian Stecher argue that policymakers should take particular measurement ...

While teacher evaluations remain a controversial topic in education reform, the Achievement First charter school in Bridgeport, Conn. uses a model of consistent evaluation, feedback and other ...

The system is also expensive: The amount of bonus money paid out to teachers has steadily increased as evaluation scores have improved, jumping from $3.2 million in 2009-10 to $8.1 million last ...

The state law the teachers association cites in its lawsuit says that the education commissioner shall adopt a recommended appraisal process and criteria on which to appraise the performance of ...

HISD Houston ISD teachers’ union granted temporary restraining order in lawsuit over new performance evaluation criteria. The lawsuit, filed against state-appointed superintendent Mike Miles and ...

Houston ISD's Board of Managers greenlit a new teacher evaluation system Thursday ahead of the district's expected upcoming shift to pay for performance. Trista Bishop-Watt, from Houstonians for ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Houston ISD board managers approved a new, locally designed teacher evaluation system that will be used, in part, to determine teacher salaries. The details. Board managers ...