Panel:
Measuring Educator Performance
(Education)
Thursday, November 3, 2016: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Columbia 4 (Washington Hilton)
*Names in bold indicate Presenter
Panel Organizers: Alison Wellington, Mathematica Policy Research
Panel Chairs: Elizabeth Warner, U.S. Department of Education
Discussants: Eric Taylor, Harvard University and Brian Gill, Mathematica Policy Research
Policies, such as the Obama Administration’s Race to the Top Initiative, have encouraged many states and school districts to reform how educators are evaluated. More than ever, educators are being evaluated based on measures of classroom or school practices and student achievement growth. Ideally, information from these measures can provide educators with the means to improve their practices, and ultimately, student achievement. Many districts are also using ratings based on these measures to make tenure, recruitment, and compensation decisions. The papers in this panel address important questions related to measures used to evaluate educators, factors that can affect educators’ ratings, and whether information provided by the measures and feedback provided can affect educator and student outcomes.
