Assessing Teachers
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Pros
Teachers are evaluated using four different categories that cover a a wide rang of necessary skills.
Each of the four domains is broken down into over 20 smaller sub categories that pick out the fine details of every teacher
Provides clear cut set of guidelines for teachers to follow.
Improves the quality of teachers
Sets a new, and much higher bar for teachers to work up to
If everything was followed as laid out in the formula, only the most qualified teachers would be teaching.
Extremely rigorous and complex
Cons
Achieving distinguished status in all categories is impossible to do at once.
Only a few specific goals for improvement can be made each year.
Implementation of all of the guidelines is difficult.
Over 100 sub categories to evaluate; a difficult and long process for every school
Veteran teachers feel that they are distinguished in every category
Tenure prevents teachers who do not pass from being fired