Teacher evaluation bill defeated in House
02/24/2015

 

HB 1072 (Rep. Jeff Thompson, R-Lizton) was defeated today by a vote of 42-51. The bill would have provided the State Board of Education the authority to set the range of percentages that “significantly inform” teacher evaluations at the state level rather than allowing local districts flexibility over evaluation models – part of the agreement reached when the evaluation law passed in 2011.

 

The State Board already adopted recommendations from The New Teacher Project in February regarding evaluation changes, although the board did not vote on specific percentages at that time. If passed, HB 1072 would have paved the way for these changes by granting the board authority to establish minimum and maximum thresholds of up to 50 percent based on student test scores.

 

The teacher evaluation language in HB 1072 originally appeared in another bill authored by Rep. Thompson, HB 1486, which earlier died in committee.

 

Please thank the following representatives for their “no” vote.