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Colorado Senate Bill 191
Improving Evaluations, TeacherTenure and Placement in Our State’sPublic School System
SB 191 Overview
Help define teacher & principal “effectiveness”
Weaken the legal promise of tenure(aka “non-probationary status”)
End practice of direct placement & “Dance of the Lemons”
A landmark reform?
Importance of Teacher Quality
Teacher Quality Makes a Difference
One year of great teacher vs. average teacher =5 percentile points in test scores
Three years in the classroom of great teachervs. poor teacher =
50
percentile points
Teacher Quality on Decline
Fewer top-notch students attracted to teaching
Steady decline since 1960s
Not indicting individual efforts / achievements
Training, Licensure, Compensation,
Evaluation
,
Retention
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