HB 2427: Educator evaluation systems

Summary

• Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish common components of revised teacher and principal evaluation systems.
• Requires student growth data to be included as a significant factor in the evaluations.
• Requires each teacher and principal beginning in 2014-15, to have an individual professional growth plan informed by the results of their evaluation.
• Requires district policies and bargaining agreements regarding layoffs and assignment of teachers and principals to consider evaluation results before other factors are considered, beginning in 2014-15.
• Changes the criteria in 2014-15 for teachers and other certificated instructional staff (CIS) to gain continuing contract status, from after three years of employment, to after receipt of one of the top two evaluation ratings or a satisfactory rating, for three out of five years.
• Provides that beginning in 2014-15, teachers and other CIS certificated staff who are on continuing contracts and receive an unsatisfactory or lowest evaluation rating for two years in a row are moved back to provisional status.

From the House Bill Analysis 2012 (HB 2427), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗