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Current Teacher Evaluations & How Teachers Should Be Judged

Teacher Evaluation in Nevada According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, that was published on January 18, 2018 the State Board of Education in Nevada is about to vote on how they should score teachers on their evaluations. They are deciding if they should " leave the cut scores unchanged for the next school year. Even if it maintains the status quo, the underlying formula on which educators will be rated will again be altered next year" (Delaney, 2018).  For 2017-2018 80% of the score is based on supervisor observation. This is a subjective measure because each evaluator will always be graded slightly different.  The remaining 20% is based on student achievement. The student achievement is measured on a goal that was set by the teacher and the supervisor.  Currently teachers can be placed in 4 different categories: (Lowest to Highest) Ineffective Developing Effective Highly Effective In order for teachers to be rated as highly-effective only be achieved whe