99+% of Michigan teachers rated "highly effective" or "effective".-----Michigan Capitol Confidential - Posts

Michigan Capitol Confidential - Posts
"The president of the Michigan Education Association argues against using standardized test scores when doing teacher evaluations. 
...if Michigan residents actually reviewed teacher evaluations districts are required by law to produce, they may think Michigan has reached its goal of being a top 10 state in education.
That’s because despite lagging academic progress (Michigan was below average in three of the four National Assessment of Educational Progress assessments in 2019), teachers in this state appear to be an elite class.
...Yet, it would be difficult for Michigan teachers to receive better evaluations overall.

• In 2018-19, 41 percent of the state’s 102,437 public school teachers received an evaluation of “highly effective,” the highest of the four categories. 
• Then 58% of the teachers received the second-highest evaluation of “effective”.
• Just 1% of teachers were rated minimally effective and just 201 teachers were given “ineffective” ratings, the lowest category. 
• There were so few Michigan teachers rated ineffective that statistically it registered at 0%..."

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