Educational statistics

One of the biggest arguments against a teachers evaluation system such as the one recently adopted by Tennessee is the question of how to evaluate teachers and other school professionals who don’t have test data. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), actually has a pretty good model for evaluation teachers, looking at videotaped lessons, examples of student assignments, examples of student feedback, and portfolios showing growth. Using TCAP (Teacher Evaluation Advisory Committee) scores only captures about 30% of Tennessee teachers at this point. Memphis is currently trying to up the 30% of teachers who are evaluated with statistical data to 65%. This will help evaluate what the students are learning from the teachers and there methods of teaching.

http://nashvillejefferson.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/evaluating-teachers-who-lack-test-data/