Cuomo Vowed

“To Break” the “Monopoly” of Public Education.

With His New Teacher Evaluation Proposals, He Just Might. Governor Cuomo's proposed changes to teacher evaluations raise the stakes even higher on testing. State tests would become 50% of a teacher’s evaluation - even for teachers in non-tested grades - and would use the same value-added measures which have been shown to have large margins of error. At the same time, principal evaluations would be lowered to just 15% of a teacher’s evaluation, with the majority of weight falling into the hands of observers separate from and outside the school community. Educators want to be held accountable. There are common sense measures that have been tested and proven, and can help do just this. But evaluations that place the emphasis on testing and widely scientifically disputed value-added measures are not the way. Taking away the voice from the school administrators - and community itself - is not the answer.

WHAT WAS The What The Weight The Who The Then The Consequences Observation Component

100% of teacher evaluation

Conducted by school administrators A teacher is rated: Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory

An administrator could file for teacher removal process whether teacher is rated “Satisfactory” or “Unsatisfactory.” A teacher rated “Unsatisfactory” has salary increases frozen.

Testing Component 0% of teacher evaluation

WHAT IS

The What The Weight The Who The Then The Consequences Observation Component

60% of teacher evaluation Conducted by school administrators Add it up: 100-91: Highly Effective 90-75: Effective 74-65: Developing 0-64: Ineffective

A teacher who is rated "Ineffective" two years in row can be fired. A teacher who is rated "Developing" or “Ineffective” must be placed on a Teacher Improvement Plan. A teacher rated “Developing” or “Ineffective” has salary increases frozen.

Testing Component 20% based on local assessments

Agreed to by districts and locales; oftentimes using authentic assessments like one-on-one student reading assessments

20% based on state tests Student growth scores using value-added measures for 4th & 5th grade and middle school teachers; growth or goal setting for others.

WHAT WILL BE

The What The Weight The Who The Then The Consequences Observation Component 35% of teacher

evaluation **Conducted by "Independent Observer"

Add it up: 100-91: Highly Effective 90-75: Effective 74-65: Developing 0-64: Ineffective

**A teacher who is rated "Ineffective" in EITHER the Observation Component or Testing Component CANNOT be rated above "Developing" overall. **A teacher must be rated effective or highly effective for 5 years in a row to get tenure. A teacher who is rated "Developing" or “Ineffective” must be placed on a Teacher Improvement Plan. A teacher who is rated "Ineffective" two years in row can be fired. A teacher rated “Developing” or “Ineffective” has salary increases frozen.

15% of teacher evaluation

Conducted by school administrators

Testing Component **50% based on state tests

Student growth scores using value-added measures

This failed model of evaluation reform has already driven away good teachers in states throughout the country and prompted wide outcry. If we do nothing, the same thing might happen in New York this April. And Governor Cuomo might just make good on his vow.

**Test scores become 50% of teacher evaluations; use flawed value-added measures  

**Voice is taken away from administrators and school community  

**Harder for teachers to do well… even when they do well