Under REACH fewer teachers received ratings in the top two categories than under the prior checklist system¶

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Currency · newest study 2016 · checked against its sources 2026-10-08 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In 2014-15, 83 percent of tenured teachers received top-two-category REACH ratings versus 94 percent under the prior checklist system. → Sporte 2016 q2 i? Non-tenured teachers' top-two-category ratings fell from 87 percent under the checklist to 58 percent in REACH Year 1, then shifted upward in Years 2 and 3. → Sporte 2016 (2)

Evidence¶

Sporte 2016¶

Sporte, S.E., & Jiang, J.Y. (2016). Teacher Evaluation in Practice: Year 3 Teacher and Administrator Perceptions of REACH. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. http://consortium.uchicago.edu/page/teacher-evaluation

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District-wide summative REACH ratings for tenured teachers receiving final ratings in 2014-15, compared with checklist ratings from 2003-04 to 2007-08 (Figure A and accompanying text).

"In that year, 83 percent of tenured teachers received ratings in the top two categories. In comparison, under the previous checklist system, 94 percent of tenured teachers received ratings in the top two categories (Superior or Excellent)."

Sporte 2016 (2)¶

Sporte, S.E., & Jiang, J.Y. (2016). Teacher Evaluation in Practice: Year 3 Teacher and Administrator Perceptions of REACH. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. http://consortium.uchicago.edu/page/teacher-evaluation

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REACH final ratings for non-tenured teachers across Years 1-3 compared with prior checklist ratings (Figure A); the brief reports a shift upward in ratings in Years 2 and 3.

"Under the previous checklist system, 87 percent of non-tenured teachers received ratings in the top two categories. Under REACH, 58 percent of teachers received ratings in top two categories in 2012-13."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Fewer non-tenured teachers were rated in the top two categories under REACH (58%) than under the previous checklist system (87%) — related
• REACH evaluation ratings rose over time, with nearly 9 in 10 teachers receiving one of the top two ratings by 2016-17 — reports the opposite
• The Danielson Framework identified far more teachers as low-performing than the prior CPS checklist (8 percent vs 0.3 percent) — related
• Missed observations left 24 percent of non-tenured teachers without a REACH rating, concentrated in a smaller number of schools undergoing organizational change — related