New teacher ratings not dramatically different

[mopinko]

more good reporting from chicago's public radio station, wbez

How do teachers and principals feel?
As CPS rolled out the new evaluations, the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research surveyed almost 1,200 administrators and more than 20,000 teachers about the new system.

Overwhelmingly, teachers and principals felt the new evaluations encouraged professional growth and improved instruction in the classroom. Eighty-seven percent of teachers said their evaluator--in most cases their principal--was fair and unbiased.

But researchers found 57 percent of teachers surveyed still believed the new evaluation system relied too heavily on student growth. They also found many teachers did not fully understand how much student growth would count both for themselves and their colleagues.

http://www.wbez.org/news/new-teacher-ratings-not-dramatically-different-108703

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. What's "TNTP"?

I can't find an antecedent in the article.


>>>Tim Daly, president of TNTP, an organization focused on teacher quality, said the lasting effects of teacher evaluation systems are almost entirely based on local implementation.

“There are some states that have reported results looking very much like the old widget effect and there are some individual districts at least that have seen quite a bit more distribution,” Daly said, referring to a 2009 study conducted by TNTP that found 94 percent of teachers were rated in the top two categories, while less than 1 percent were deemed unsatisfactory. Daly’s group has questioned why schools are failing if most teachers are excellent.>>>>

Also, who..... or what... funded the study?

And also.... if we can find out who/what TNTP is.... who/what funds them/it ?

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. The New Teacher Project

They like TFA and dislike veteran teachers.

[mopinko]

3. from the op

University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research surveyed almost 1,200 administrators and more than 20,000 teachers about the new system.

wbez has great coverage of what is happening here. in depth. linda luntz(sp?) who started catalyst magazine is their head reporter for all thing cps.