THE BEST OF THE MARSHALL MEMO
Carefully chosen summaries to energize leadership, teaching, and learning
Performance Evaluation
Problems with Teacher Evaluation
- Why evaluating teachers is so challenging
- Perennial problems with how teachers are evaluated
- An unfair critique of a teacher's classroom
- Equity issues with principals' classroom ratings
Rethinking Teacher Evaluation Systems
- A better way to observe, appreciate, and evaluate teachers
- The best use of rubrics
- Is the pre-observation conference a good use of time?
- Student input on teachers' evaluations
Measuring Teacher Effectiveness
- The most effective use of rubrics
- What the best principals look for in classrooms
- The ineffable qualities of great teachers
Using Student Learning as Part of Teacher Evaluation
- Problems with value-added measures (VAM)
- Using student learning as part of the evaluation process
- Thinking through merit pay for teachers
