HI SCR155

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

Requests the Department of Education discontinue using standardized tests in evaluating any public school teacher or administrator.

Requests the Board of Education and Department of Education continue teacher evaluation ratings from school year 2015-2016 through 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 compliant with the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015.

Cites concerns that value-added measurement formulas lack sufficient reliability and validity, and that surveys show majority teacher and principal opposition to the current Educator Effectiveness System.