House Ed puts CDE on hot seat
The Department of Education has got some explaining to do to the House Education Committee about testing and educator evaluation costs.
The Department of Education has got some explaining to do to the House Education Committee about testing and educator evaluation costs.
Regulations intended to implement the state’s new educator effectiveness system continued their untroubled way through the legislature Monday.
The State Board of Education has approved new rules for evaluation of principals and teachers – with important blanks to be filled in later.
Witnesses at a hearing Wednesday supported proposed regulations for educator evaluations but suggested further tweaking.
Updated – Education Secretary Arne Duncan has announced a new federal initiative to improve teacher preparation.
A new report on student teaching rates one Colorado school highly but gives low marks to two others, evaluations those schools don’t agree with
Nearly a quarter of Colorado school districts have applied to participate in field-testing of new principal and teacher evaluation methods.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is providing $9.7 million to help Colorado school districts implement and integrate key education reforms.
A key issue in Colorado’s educator effectiveness law – how much flexibility school districts should have in evaluating teachers – remains in play.
The State Board of Education got a better sense Thursday of just how tricky a job it faces in crafting new educator evaluations.