HI HR152

Requests the Hawaii State Board of Education to amend policies abolishing the use of teacher evaluations to impact teacher pay or employment status.

Requests the Department of Education discontinue using standardized tests in evaluating public school teachers or administrators.

Requests the Board of Education and Department of Education continue teacher evaluation ratings from school year 2015-2016 to school year 2016-2017.

Requests the Board of Education and Department of Education collaborate with the Hawaii State Teachers Association to develop a new evaluation system complying with the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015.

Cites the American Statistical Association's finding that value-added measurement formulas fail to determine teaching effectiveness with sufficient reliability and validity, and surveys showing teacher and principal opposition to the current Educator Effectiveness System.