The ultimate goal of teacher evaluation is to improve student learning.

As one of the first two states awarded the Race to the Top funds, Delaware is deep into developing a process to integrate student growth into their teacher evaluation system as a measure of teacher effectiveness. This will not replace the current DPAS II system. The new student growth measures will be infused into Component V of DPAS II – Student Improvement.

DDOE is committed to an open and transparent development process. There will be multiple opportunities for public input and this page will be updated frequently with new information and progress reports.

Steps to Determining Student Growth Measures: DDOE’s plan for moving forward. This includes a description of Delaware’s Stakeholder Working Groups.

Planning Schedule (updated August 9, 2010):

• August 19, 2010 Meeting: Team facilitators give progress reports and receive feedback
• October 14, 2010 Meeting: Team facilitators give progress reports and receive feedback
• November 15, 2010 Meeting: Working session with all group members.

Future events will be scheduled according to our progress.

Partnerships

The Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive Center at GW-CEEE

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Comprehensive Center (MACC) is one of 16 regional centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education to provide technical assistance to state education agencies in support of ESEA. MACC is collaborating with Delaware to plan, facilitate and document the development process for teacher evaluation.  MACC is guiding the integration of the new evaluation components into a comprehensive system for professional development that improves student learning. MACC is also helping Delaware access existing resources and expertise in assessment and evaluation and share their lessons learned with other state education agencies.

http://www.macc.ceee.gwu.edu/

The Hope Street Group

The Hope Street Group, a national non-partisan nonprofit, is partnering with the Delaware Department of Education to support the collaboration and communication among stakeholders participating in the Race to the Top teacher evaluation development process.  Policy 2.0, Hope Street’s dynamic web platform, allows participants to identify solutions by sharing files and resources, joining online discussions, and tracking the progress of the work. By providing DDOE with this critical tool and the technical support to facilitate its effective use, Hope Street Group is ensuring a more inclusive and efficient process.

http://www.hopestreetgroup.org/

Meeting Archives:

August 5th with Working Groups (this was an abbreviated repeat of the July 14-15th meeting for those who could not attend)

• Agenda
• Presentations

July 14^th – 15^th with Working Groups

• Agenda
• Summary Minutes
• Presentations

June 16^th – 17^th with Educational Partners

• Agenda
• Summary Minutes
• Questions and Concerns
• Presentations

Presentations

Dr. Laura Goe, National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality

• Teacher Evaluation in Transition
  • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Summary of PowerPoint Presentation

Dr. Don Beers, Progress Education Corporation

• DPAS II External Evaluation
  • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Summary of PowerPoint Presentation
  • Evaluation Report

Dr. Amelia Hodges, Associate Secretary, College and Workforce Readiness

• Designing a Framework for Measuring Student Growth
  • PowerPoint Presentation

Dr. Michael Stetter, Director, Assessment and Accountability

• DCAS Update for July 16-17^th meeting
  • PowerPoint Presentation

Materials:

Matrix of Measures for DPAS II Component V (Student Growth) – Summary from June 16-17 meeting

Instructions for Working Groups – Aug 5th