Superintendents noted that one major concern of the evaluation system is that subjectivity in an evaluation system cannot be removed. Some principals are more specific in their evaluations when rating a teacher’s lesson where others are more lenient (Derrington, 2014). Teacher evaluation systems became the main focus of legislation and education when the lack of growth was recognized in student test scores across the nation. The study focused on the validity of the teacher evaluation system in Virginia. Three hundred and thirty-eight teachers from 16 at-risk schools participated in a pilot evaluation system during the 2011-2012 academic year. The evaluation system evaluated teachers on six teacher effectiveness standards and one student academic …show more content…
Furthermore, interview data has shown that within the initial year of implementation principals felt the frustration of lack of time was allocated for principals to learn the requirements and process of the new system. It was also difficult for principals to incorporate new procedures into their already existing work as a principal. Principals felt that much of their time was now allocated to summative reviews of teachers rather than spending time in classrooms and with students. Throughout years two and three principals worked to streamline the process and to assign assistant principals to teacher observations to take some of the workloads off of the principal. Throughout the studies, personal and management concerns dominated and still remain a concern with many principals, in turn, it affects the amount teacher’s get out of the process when principals are unable to manage all of the requirements of the new evaluation systems (Derrington and Campbell, …show more content…
Principals are at the forefront of the teacher evaluation systems and carry much of the load. William’s narrative study focused on principals’ perceptions of Lousiana’s Compass teacher observation and evaluation system. Principals who were a part of this study had at least two years of experience as a public school principal at the secondary level and at least one year of experience working with the Compass teacher observation and evaluation system. The results were similar to studies in other states that focused on principal perceptions of their teacher evaluation system. Principals in this study felt that the meat of the program is the feedback