Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-25-2021

Publication Title

Policy Issues in Nevada Education

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. College of Education

Publisher Location

Las Vegas (Nev.)

Volume

4

Issue

1

First page number:

1

Last page number:

11

Abstract

Problem. The school budget cuts concomitant with the COVID-19 pandemic mean educator jobs may again be threatened by layoffs. During prior recessions, school district administration primarily deter- mined teacher layoffs by virtue of seniority. However, as new evidence emerges that seniority policies may not be the most equitable way to determine teacher layoffs, some have turned towards performance-based measures from evaluation systems. Purpose. The purpose of this paper is to examine the validity and reli- ability of the Nevada Educator Performance Framework (NEPF) for making human capital decisions like layoffs. Recommendations. We recommend that Nevada and other states improve the differentiation in scores across the varying evaluation domains by engaging in more rigorous training of evaluators. Addi- tionally, we recommend that Nevada and other states improve the distribution of final teacher evaluation scores so that the performance measure really distinguishes among teacher performance. Strategies could include lessening the administrative burden of filling out the final evaluation, increasing the number of performance levels, or rotating the specific standards focused on each year.

Disciplines

Educational Administration and Supervision | Education Policy

File Format

pdf

File Size

352 KB

Language

English

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