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Sartain, Lauren; Zou, Andrew – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2020
Responding to an Illinois law that took effect in 2010, the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA), Chicago Public Schools (CPS) created and implemented the REACH (Recognizing Educators Advancing Chicago's Students) educator evaluation and support system. REACH was piloted in 2012-13. It is still being implemented as of the 2019-20 school year,…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Performance Based Assessment, Feedback (Response)
Sartain, Lauren; Zou, Andrew; Gutiérrez, Vanessa; Shyjka, Andria; Hinton, Ebony; Brown, Eric R.; Easton, John Q. – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2020
Responding to an Illinois law that took effect in 2010, the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA), Chicago Public Schools (CPS) created and implemented the REACH (Recognizing Educators Advancing Chicago's Students) educator evaluation and support system. REACH was piloted in 2012-13. It is still being implemented as of the 2019-20 school year…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Attitudes
Shyjka, Andria; Gutiérrez, Vanessa; Hinton, Ebony – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2020
Responding to an Illinois law that took effect in 2010, the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA), Chicago Public Schools (CPS) created and implemented the REACH (Recognizing Educators Advancing Chicago's Students) educator evaluation and support system. REACH was piloted in 2012-13. It is still being implemented as of the 2019-20 school year,…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Value Added Models, Public Schools
Sporte, Susan E.; Jiang, Jennie Y. – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2016
Three years after the launch of Chicago's redesigned teacher evaluation system, Recognizing Educators Advancing Chicago Students (REACH) Students, most teachers and administrators continue to report they believe REACH has the potential to improve instruction and student learning, and they remain negative about the use of student growth in…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Educational Practices, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Jiang, Jennie Y.; Sporte, Susan E. – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2016
In the fall of 2012, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) instituted a sweeping reform of its teacher evaluation system with the introduction of Recognizing Educators Advancing Chicago's Students (REACH). This report finds teachers with the lowest scores on the REACH Students teacher evaluation system are overrepresented in schools serving the most…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Value Added Models, Teacher Characteristics, Student Characteristics