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HI SR117
Resolution
Status
3/11/2016
Primary Sponsor
Michelle Kidani
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AI Summary
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Requests the Board of Education to amend board policies abolishing teacher evaluations that impact teacher pay or employment status
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Requests the Department of Education discontinue using standardized tests in evaluating public school teachers or administrators
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Requests the Board and Department of Education continue teacher evaluation ratings from 2015-2016 school year through 2016-2017 school year
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Requests the Board and Department collaborate with the Hawaii State Teachers Association to develop a new evaluation system compliant with the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015
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Cites concerns that value-added measurement formulas lack sufficient reliability and validity, and that surveys show teachers and principals oppose the current Educator Effectiveness System for compromising autonomy and overemphasizing standardized testing
Legislative Description
Department of Education; Board of Education; High Stakes Teacher Evaluations
Last Action
Report adopted, referred to WAM/JDL.
3/29/2016