How State Political Culture and History Influence Teacher Supervision and Evaluation Policy

• In Event: 45.088 - Understanding and Analyzing Supervision in Policy and Practice

Abstract

It has long been debated in the United States (US) that teacher supervision and evaluation policies have been conflated for years. However, little is known about the level to which state developed systems differentiate between teacher supervision and evaluation. This cross-case policy analysis addresses two primary goals. First, we analyze how political culture has influenced state policy decisions and is evolving in a changing political climate, particularly given state political culture and history and changing federal regulatory guidance under ESSA. Second, by analyzing 16 states’ individualized political cultures, we can begin to provide an overarching report of how political culture, climate, and history influence state-level educational policy throughout the US, specifically with regards to teacher supervision and evaluation systems.

Authors

• Ian Mette, University of Maine

• Douglas M. Wieczorek, Iowa State University

• Israel Aguilar, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi