MI HB5688

Requires school districts, intermediate school districts, and public school academies to adopt rigorous performance evaluation systems for teachers and administrators that include annual evaluations with timely feedback and multiple measures of student growth.

Mandates that beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, 40% of teacher evaluations must be based on student growth and assessment data, with at least 50% of that student growth measured using state assessments in core content areas where available.

Requires at least 2 classroom observations annually for teachers unless they received effective or highly effective ratings on their 2 most recent evaluations; beginning 2016-2017 school year, at least 1 observation must be unscheduled.

Establishes that teachers rated ineffective on 3 consecutive annual evaluations must be dismissed, and teachers rated highly effective on 3 consecutive evaluations may receive biennial evaluations instead of annual ones.

Prohibits evaluations from being conducted by family members of the teacher being evaluated and requires schools to post evaluation tool information on their websites beginning 2016-2017 school year, including research base, author qualifications, and evaluation frameworks.