Teacher evaluation has, until recently, been a symbolic act largely without meaning or consequence. No longer. Race to the Top requirements call for performance-based pay. The Bill & Melinda Gates ...

K–12 school software provider PowerSchool today announced its employee management tool Unified Talent now includes the Danielson Group’s Framework for Teaching to further streamline and simplify ...

Cambridge Public Schools has doubled its staff since 1998, while the district’s student population — and their test scores — remain largely unchanged. “All of our educators are great, and yet there’s ...

Corrected: An earlier version of the chart in this story incorrectly categorized Georgia. It should have been colored brown, meaning that the state’s teacher-evaluation ratings are exempt from public ...

A CAP event presents ways to improve teacher evaluations and use tenure more effectively. “We should have a common definition of teacher excellence—not just words on a page, but understanding and ...

Evaluating teaching effectively requires thoughtful alignment with evidence-based practices and the inclusion of diverse perspectives. The Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) supports departments and ...

With the wide array of resources available, and consultation support from the College of Arts and Sciences staff and the Teaching Quality Framework (TQF), this summary provides an outline of an ...

Colorado’s largest teachers union is challenging a 2010 law that includes a new procedure for teacher firings. The Colorado Education Association (CEA) has sued, saying the law is flawed because it ...

This school year, school districts nationwide have begun implementing new teacher evaluation systems that include student test scores. Since 2009, the number of states requiring student scores to ...

Colleges and universities all over the United States are striding through the fall term. Some are already at midterms, six weeks in. Others have just started within the last week. Millions of students ...