BOE dropping mandatory use of test results in teacher evaluations
Dear Members:
I am excited to announce the Board of Education Tuesday night, on the recommendation of the DOE and HSTA, voted unanimously to modify BOE policy 203.4, eliminating student assessment scores as a mandatory component of teacher evaluations. This change is the first step in what we hope will be many public education improvements that we look forward to under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.
Many teachers have told us how placing too much emphasis on one measurement of student success has had an adverse effect on learning. We hope that moving away from an emphasis on standardized testing will free teachers to teach to the whole child, bringing back more social studies, Hawaiian studies, art, music, physical education and vocational education.
The BOE voted for the changes Tuesday night, following recommendations of the HSTA-DOE Educator Effectiveness System Joint Committee.
HSTA will now move forward, in consultation with the Department of Education, to determine what changes the superintendent will make to EES in the 2016-2017 school year. This policy change creates the opportunity for us to further push for removal of standardized test scores as part of teacher evaluation at the bargaining table later this year.
The school year is coming to an end but HSTA’s work doesn’t stop. Over the summer, please be sure to check your email, HSTA.org and HSTA’s Facebook page for the latest updates about changes in EES and HSTA’s work with the governor’s ESSA task force.
Aloha,
Corey Rosenlee
HSTA President
Read the report from the HSTA-DOE Joint Committee on the Educator Effectiveness System presented to the BOE Tuesday
Read the HSTA-DOE joint committee report on EES here
Read more about the DOE's recommended changes on teacher performance evaluations
See BOE proposal to change teacher evaluations here
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