Teacher Evaluations Used in Key Employment Decisions

An increasing number of states are using teacher performance, as measured by evaluations, in key employment decisions about who gets -- and keeps -- tenure and who gets laid off. A 50-state review of laws related to K-12 teacher tenure or non-probationary status also found a small but growing number of states attempting to eliminate continuing contracts for educators altogether. ECS released three short reports providing an overview of trends in state tenure laws since 2011, an examination of tenure and reduction-in-force policies and a look at teacher evaluations and decisions to grant or remove tenure