{"id":808,"date":"2015-10-27T15:41:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T19:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/?p=808"},"modified":"2015-10-27T15:41:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T19:41:56","slug":"more-evidence-that-marylands-educators-are-making-the-grade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/more-evidence-that-marylands-educators-are-making-the-grade\/","title":{"rendered":"More Evidence That Maryland’s Educators Are Making The Grade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Evaluation Data Reveals Some Differences between Schools, Systems<\/em><\/h3>\n

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Baltimore, MD<\/p>\n

Teacher and principal effectiveness ratings showed improved precision across Maryland, according to the second annual State report card on educator evaluations.<\/p>\n

In the second full report, completed last school year, 97.4 percent of teachers were rated either \u201chighly effective\u201d or \u201ceffective\u201d in the State\u2019s three-tiered rating system, a slight increase over 2013-14.\u00a0 Likewise, 97.8 percent of principals were rated either \u201ceffective\u201d or \u201chighly effective.\u201d<\/p>\n

While overall ratings for educators remain high, differences in the percentage of effective educators are emerging between schools and school systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to make certain all of our students, no matter where they live, have access to great teachers and school leaders,\u201d said Interim State Superintendent of Schools Jack R. Smith.\u00a0 \u201cMaryland has thousands of great educators.\u00a0 Our school systems can use this data to further improve classrooms, schools, and student success.\u201d<\/p>\n

The data, unveiled today before the Maryland State Board of Education, is based on the 2014-15 school year.\u00a0 It found that 44.55 percent of teachers were rated \u201chighly effective,\u201d the top tier of the three part rating system.\u00a0 Likewise, 47.1 percent of principals were rated \u201chighly effective,\u201d under the evaluation system.<\/p>\n

Maryland school systems have spent the past five years developing TPE programs. Every Maryland school has begun to see the benefits from the professional development and collaboration used to develop Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) to guide instruction.\u00a0 Systems are currently in the third year of implementing new evaluation systems, and MSDE will continue to monitor progress in that implementation.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s data release marks the second annual statewide effort to evaluate teacher and principal effectiveness based in part on student growth.<\/p>\n

Each school district could develop its own evaluation system within State parameters, or could use a State-developed system.\u00a0 In the end, each district constructed an evaluation model based on its own interests, and each local superintendent and head of the local bargaining unit signed off on the design.<\/p>\n

Evaluations were based on two factors: (1) professional practice \u2013 items such as education, leadership and observation; and (2) student growth.\u00a0 For the first two years of the evaluation system, student growth will be calculated exclusively by using the SLOs. SLOs are measurable instructional goals established for a specific group of students over a set period of time.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s report found:<\/p>\n