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Teacher Evaluation: Overview

SGP is a measure of how much a student improves his or her state test performance from one year to the next compared to students across the state with a similar score history.

Teacher evaluation consists of two primary components:

  • Teacher Practice - measured primarily by classroom observations; and
  • Student Achievement  - measured by Student Growth Objectives, and, additionally, Student Growth Percentiles for teachers of students who take state tests.

Components of Teacher Evaluation

A one page description of teacher evaluation is available in Teacher Evaluation and Support.

If you are looking for resources to improve your evaluation and support systems, please see our Implementation Quality Toolkit page.