Interactive Data Tools
The National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality provides several online, interactive tools.
Database on State Teacher Evaluation Policies (STEP)
The STEP Database is an interactive, online database of teacher evaluation policies in seventeen states. The database includes information on eight key components of comprehensive teacher evaluation systems. Users can select states and components to generate customized tables in PDF format displaying database results.
Online Practical Guide to Designing Comprehensive Teacher Evaluation Systems
This tool is designed to assist states and districts in constructing high-quality teacher evaluation systems in an effort to improve teaching and learning. It is intended to facilitate discussion and promote cohorence in the development process. The guide is structured around the essential components of the design process and each subsection includes an overview of the component, resources and practical examples, and a series of guiding questions.
Teacher Evaluation Models in Practice
This new TQ Center online resource responds to the need for detailed information about the design, implementation, and delivery of teacher evaluation models in practice in districts and states.
The Guide to Evaluation Products is a searchable database that can be used by states and districts to explore various evaluation methods and tools used for evaluating teacher and principal effectiveness. This online database currently includes detailed descriptions of more than 100 tools organized in 10 general evaluation categories: observations of teachers and principals, instructional artifacts, portfolios, teacher self-report measures, parent and student surveys, value-added models, student performance measures, school climate surveys, 360-degree surveys, and combination models. These resources were gathered through a scan of teacher and principal evaluation literature and through conversations with multiple state education agency personnel, evaluation developers, universities, and nonprofit organizations that focus on issues of teacher and leadership quality and evaluation.
