Examining the Influence of State Collective Bargaining Policy on the Design of School Districts' Teacher Evaluation Systems

• In Event: 29.090 - Roundtable Session 9
  In Roundtable Session: 29.090-17 - Contextual Influences on Reform Efforts in School Districts

Abstract

This study compares the district-level implementation of teacher evaluation and accountability policy in two states that have traditionally had strong teacher unions yet recent changes in the law have prohibited collective bargaining over evaluations in one while still allowing it in the other. It identifies the ways in which school districts and teacher unions have navigated the design of new evaluation systems through formal and informal channels of communication and involvement. This study has implications for understanding the mediating effects of local labor relations in the design and implementation of state-level teacher evaluation reform across varying policy contexts.

Authors

• Regina R. Umpstead, Central Michigan University

• Benjamin Michael Superfine, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Ben Pogodzinski, Wayne State University

• David Mayrowetz, University of Illinois at Chicago