Missed observations left 24 percent of non-tenured teachers without a REACH rating, concentrated in a smaller number of schools undergoing organizational change¶
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q2 i? Twenty-four percent of non-tenured teachers did not receive a REACH rating in 2012-13 because they missed at least one of four required observations. → Jennie Y. Jiang 2014
Evidence¶
Jennie Y. Jiang 2014¶
Jennie Y. Jiang, Susan E. Sporte, Stuart Luppescu. (2014). Analytic Memo: Evaluation Data from the First Year of REACH. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://www.cps.edu/Pages/reachstudents.aspx
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Descriptive analysis of first-year implementation: "Twenty four percent of non-tenured teachers did not receive a REACH rating in 2012-13." Over 400 schools had at least one affected teacher, and 47 schools had 100 percent of non-tenured teachers unable to be rated.
"Twenty four percent of non-tenured teachers did not receive a REACH rating in 2012-13. Teachers missing even one of the required four observations were unable to receive ratings and instead were assigned an "Inability to Rate.""
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
- Lower REACH ratings predicted teacher exit: more than half of unsatisfactory-rated teachers left CPS and low-VAM teachers moved out of tested grades/subjects — related
- Under REACH fewer teachers received ratings in the top two categories than under the prior checklist system — related
- REACH evaluation ratings rose over time, with nearly 9 in 10 teachers receiving one of the top two ratings by 2016-17 — related
- Performance tasks did little to differentiate teachers, with most receiving high scores and over a third receiving default scores due to missing data — related
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Missed observations left 24 percent of non-tenured teachers without a REACH rating, concentrated in a smaller number of schools undergoing organizational change |
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Missed observations left 24 percent of non-tenured teachers without a REACH rating, concentrated in a smaller number of schools undergoing organizational change |
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