Changing Cultures and Building Capacity: District Strategies for Implementation of Teacher Evaluation Systems Changing Cultures and Building Capacity: An Exploration of District Strategies for Implementation of Teacher Evaluation Systems

By Karen Shakman, Nicole Breslow, Julie Kochanek, Julie Riordan, and Tom Haferd

This investigation was designed to discover how districts are approaching the design and implementation of new evaluation systems and provide needed information that might help districts as they build evaluation systems that are responsive to policy, rigorous, and useful in supporting instructional improvement. The researchers sampled 16 districts in 11 states across the country that have embarked on significant efforts to implement more complex educator evaluation systems in line with the changing policy environment.

Published by: Education Development Center, Inc.

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