Alicia Reece voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Amends Teacher Evaluation Process
Title: Amends Teacher Evaluation Process
Vote to pass a bill that amends the current process by which teachers are evaluated.
Amends the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System (OTES) and establishes a 1-year trial period for its implementation (Sec. 1).
Requires at least 2 measures of “high quality student data” to provide evidence of student learning attributable to the teacher being evaluated (Sec. 1).
Specifies that when applicable to the grade level or subject area taught by a teacher, the data may include the “value-added progress dimension” and at least 1 other measure to demonstrate student learning (Sec. 1).
Authorizes one of the measures to include the following as evidence in any component of a teacher’s evaluation (Sec. 1):
Knowledge of the students to whom the teacher provides instruction;
The teacher's use of differentiated instruction practices based on the needs or abilities of individual students;
The teacher's use of assessment data; and
Professional responsibility and growth.
Repeals the academic growth measure that was previously used in a teacher’s evaluation (Sec. 1).
Prohibits the shared attribution of student performance data among all teachers in a district, building, grade, or content area, specifying that such indicators may still be reflected through student surveys (Sec. 1).
Title: Amends Teacher Evaluation Process