RttT Assurance D

By 2014, 95% of teachers in high-poverty, high-minority schools will be rated effectively or highly effective.

Key projects

Redesign Educator Performance Management Systems

Redesigning Educator Performance Management Systems focuses on designing and implementing rigorous, transparent, and fair evaluation systems for teachers and principals.

Outcomes and deliverables include the following:

• Annual evaluations of teachers and principals conducted by districts and charter schools in accordance with state regulations and aligned to the State evaluation model and RttT criteria;
• Training and credentialing evaluators to ensure the reliability of the model evaluation systems for teachers and principals; and 
• Teacher and principal performance data (including student growth measures) to design targeted supports and professional development as well as make decisions for retention, dismissal, tenure and compensation of teachers and principals.