Teacher Perceptions of Teacher Evaluation: An Analysis of Four Years of Teacher Commentary

• In Event: Teacher Evaluation Under the Microscope

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to learn teacher perceptions of a statewide teacher evaluation system. The researchers created a questionnaire that consisted of twenty-five Likert-based items with four open-ended response questions which focused on three areas of the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System (OTES): general implementation, teacher performance, and student growth measures. More than 11,400 teachers participated in the study from 2012-2016. The participants provided 8,901 comments in which four themes emerged: teacher time restraints, uncontrollable factors in the use of student growth measures, administrator time restraints and objectivity, and issues with specific student populations. The researchers learned that the overwhelming number of teachers in the state had a negative perception of the teacher evaluation system.

Authors

• Brian Billings

• Nicole V. Williams, The University of Findlay

• Jon Brasfield, The University of Findlay

• Kathleen Crates, The University of Findlay