How can school corporations prepare for the legal issues they could face as a result of new teacher evaluations? How will these evaluations shape teacher training and education?

An “Education Policy Brief” from Indiana University’s Center for Evaluation and Education Policy and the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community answers these and other questions and offers recommendations to schools and legislators.

“Indiana’s Teacher Evaluation Legislation: Implications and Challenges for Policy, Higher Education, and Professional Development” describes expectations for teachers based on the new evaluation standards.

For example educators will be required to make decisions on teaching strategies based on data from student achievement and growth measures such as ISTEP. Changes brought on by the evaluation standards mean “traditional college and university teacher and administrator preparation programs must evolve and innovate in order to stay current, relevant and aligned with teacher evaluation laws,” the brief stated. Those innovations may include a focus on teaching future educators to make data-based decisions to improve student performance.
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