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Study finds Hoosier educators and school administrators have a difference of opinion on evaluation systems effectiveness
12/02/2014

 

image.JPGA study released by Indiana University’s Center on Education and Lifelong Learning takes a look at Indiana’s relatively new and controversial teacher evaluation system. The report finds that, overall, Indiana educators do not believe that the evaluation system leads to improved student learning. Their opinions differed with a majority of school administrators who support the evaluation system.

 

“The study’s findings aren’t surprising,” said ISTA President, Teresa Meredith. “Teachers hope to receive feedback and support to improve the evaluation process and administrators are often using tools that are not designed to do that. Rather, the tools are designed to find flaws and penalize rather than find areas of weakness in instruction and then build support.”

 

ISTA assisted the Indiana Teacher Appraisal and Support System (INTASS) in obtaining teacher perceptions for the study by sharing the survey with members. ISTA also serves on the INTASS Advisory Board, which provided a list of policy recommendations to address the brief’s findings.

 

The recommendations, as well as the full policy brief, can be read here