Teachers and administrators diverged on using evaluation ratings for personnel decisions, with 85 percent of administrators supportive¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Most teachers felt REACH should not determine dismissal or tenure attainment, while most administrators (85 percent) supported using REACH for personnel decisions. → Sartain 2020

Evidence¶

Sartain 2020¶

Sartain, L., Zou, A., Gutiérrez, V., Shyjka, A., Hinton, E., Brown, E.R., & Easton, J.Q. (2020). Teacher Evaluation in CPS: Perceptions of REACH Implementation, Five Years In. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu

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Survey of teacher and administrator opinions on high-stakes uses of REACH ratings. The release reports diverging views: "Most teachers felt that REACH should not be used to determine dismissal or tenure attainment," while 85 percent of administrators supported such use.

"Most teachers felt that REACH should not be used to determine dismissal or tenure attainment, while most administrators (85 percent) were supportive of using REACH for making personnel decisions."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Teachers rated classroom observation scores as the most accurate REACH measure of teaching effectiveness and value-added measures as the least accurate — related
• Most CPS teachers and administrators reported the REACH evaluation process improved classroom instruction and student learning — related
• Teacher satisfaction with REACH was moderate overall but varied widely across schools — related
• Administrators' dual role as evaluator and coach can undermine the observation process's professional learning benefits — related