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Measures of Student Learning
Used in Teacher Evaluations

Use of Data

The analyses also suggest that educators use student data in meaningful
After the first year of implementing measures of
ways to inform their practice: Over 90 percent of teachers use student data to
student learning (MSLs) in teacher evaluations,
inform instruction and provide differentiated support to students (see Table 1).
slightly more teachers (43 percent) think the
Similarly, more than 95 percent of principals use student data to inform school
measures individually attributed to them
provide an accurate representation of what
goals and policies and to identify professional supports for teachers.
their students know and can do than those
Table 1. Teacher Use of Data
that are collectively attributed (39 percent), as
Survey item
Teachers
shown in Figure 2.2 Slightly fewer teachers (37
who agree
I use student data…
percent) agree that the assessments factored
into teacher evaluations have undergone a
…to inform my instruction.
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