Every system is perfectly designed to achieve the results it produces. Think about it – if a system is designed to produce great watches and 10 out of every 100 are defective, then the system as currently constituted is designed to produce great watches 90
We’re keeping close tabs on national news around the Every Student Succeeds Act as well as ESSA news from the eight most populous states in the union: CA, TX, FL, NY, IL, PA, OH, and GA. Our hope is that these brief updates will help
Now that the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) has been signed into law, we’re keeping close tabs on national ESSA news as well as ESSA news from the eight most populous states in the union: CA, TX, FL, NY, IL, PA, OH, and GA. Our
As a young child, I remember my Mom teaching me how to remember all of the conjunctions (those little words that connect words and parts of a sentence to other parts of the sentence). She told me the conjunctions were “and”, “or”, “but”, or “nor”
Contributed by Kelley King As states work feverishly to roll out summative teacher evaluation systems in alignment with new federal guidelines, much of the discussion has centered on sources of evidence. Specifically, policy makers and school districts are asking, “What evidence should we seek (and what
Of all the changes facing busy educators across the nation presently, few if any have caused as much concern and angst as the new teacher evaluation systems nearly all states have rushed to adopt. Many of these system adoptions have been in response to state applications
Contributed by Jim Popham In almost all 50 states, teachers will soon be subjected to annual, high-stakes evaluations of their instructional competence. Unlike previous teacher evaluations that were aimed at improving teachers' instructional skills, these new teacher evaluations are much more likely to lead to a
“Instructional leadership is about ensuring the quality of the evidence that’s being used.” – Rick Stiggins To learn more about how local school leaders and staff can accomplish meaningful transformations in their schools’ assessments, refer to Rick's book, Revolutionize Assessment (Corwin, 2014). Chapter 6 details the