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  • 7/27/2019 Preliminary Statewide Evaluation Ratings

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    NEWS

    New York State Board of RegentsDr. John B. King, Jr.Commissioner of EducationThe State Education DepartmentThe University o f the State of New York / Albany, NY 12234

    Office of Communications

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2013For More Information, Contact:

    Tom Dunn, Jonathan Burman or Antonia Valentine(518) 474-1201

    www.nysed.gov

    COMMISSIONER KING ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARYSTATEWIDE EVALUATION RATINGS

    (NOTE: Commissioner King and Chancellor Tisch will hold a media conferencecall today, Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 10:25 AM. Dial In Number: 888-892-6166Conference ID: 907-070-77)

    State Education Commissioner John B. King, Jr. today released the preliminarystatewide composite ratings for teachers and principals. The ratings do not include NewYork City educators; while the rest of the states districts are in their second year ofevaluations, New York City is in the first year of its plan and there are no compositeratings available yet for city teachers.

    The purpose of the evaluation system is not to create a gotcha environment, Board of

    Regents Chancellor Merryl H. Tisch said. The goal is to improve teaching and learningby targeting professional development to make sure every student receives qualityinstruction. We want to highlight and reward excellence, ensure those who arestruggling receive the support they need, and provide continuous feedback to alleducators.

    These are preliminary numbers; we still have a significant amount of analysis to do,King said. But we wanted to provide a sense of the landscape. The results arestriking. The more accurate student proficiency rates on the new Common Coreassessments did not negatively affect teacher ratings. Its clear that teachers are risingto the challenge of teaching the Common Core. Its also clear that its time to put aside

    talk about a moratorium on the use of state assessments in educator evaluations andfocus on ensuring all students receive the rigorous and engaging instruction that willhelp them to prepare for college and careers.

    The evaluations are required under the revised teacher and principal evaluation law(Education Law 3012-c) signed into law in 2012. The Board of Regents adoptedregulations to implement the law.

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    The preliminary statewide composite results, based on data submitted by schooldistricts and BOCES as of the October 18 deadline, found that 91.5 percent of teachersare rated Highly Effective (49.7 percent) or Effective (41.8 percent); 4.4 percent arerated Developing; and 1 percent are rated Ineffective. The data show 86.9 percent ofprincipals are rated Highly Effective (26 percent) or Effective (60.9 percent); 7.5 percent

    are Developing; and 2.1 percent are rated Ineffective. (Totals are less than 100 percentdue to a small percentage of unreported scores.)

    Under the evaluation law, 60 percent of educators ratings are based on observationsand other measures agreed upon at the local level through collective bargaining.Twenty percent of the rating is based on student performance on grades 4-8 stateassessments (where applicable) or locally determined student learning objectives, andthe final 20 percent is based upon locally bargained, locally determined objectivemeasures.

    King noted that more that 80 percent of the teachers were rated exclusively under

    criteria determined by local districts and/or negotiated by local districts and localeducator bargaining units. Approximately 18 percent of teachers (grade 4-8 EnglishLanguage Arts and Math teachers) had students performance on state assessmentsused as one fifth of their evaluations; the balance of the measures used in theirevaluations were negotiated by local districts and local educator bargaining units.

    School districts were required to submit the evaluation data to the State EducationDepartment (SED) by last Friday, October 18. King said SED will release moredetailed evaluation data later this year.

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