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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1831
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C 073 L 86
State of Washington 49th Legislature 1986 Regular Session
By House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Wang, Taylor, Ebersole, Long, Holland and Betrozoff; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction)
Read first time 1/29/86 and passed to Committee on Rules.
AN ACT Relating to the study of teacher evaluation standards and models; and amending RCW 28A.67.225.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 7, chapter 420, Laws of 1985 and RCW 28A.67.225 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The
superintendent of public instruction shall develop ((and test in local
districts)) for field-test purposes, and in consultation with local
school directors, administrators, parents, students, the business community,
and teachers, minimum procedural standards ((based on available
research to be used by local districts in)) for evaluations
conducted pursuant to RCW 28A.67.065(1). ((The superintendent of public
instruction shall compensate any district participating in such tests for the
actual expenses incurred by the district.)) The minimum procedural
standards for evaluation shall be based on available research and shall
include: (a) A statement of the purpose of evaluations; (b) the frequency of
evaluations, with recognition of the need for more frequent evaluations for
beginning teachers; (c) the conduct of the evaluation; (d) the procedure to be
used in making the evaluation; and (e) the use of the results of the
evaluation.
((In
developing the minimum standards, the superintendent of public instruction
shall consider a variety of proposals, such as proposals providing for peer
review and evaluation, input by parents, input by students in appropriate circumstances,
instructional assistance teams, and outside professional evaluation.))
The
superintendent of public instruction shall ((adopt)) propose the
minimum procedural standards for field tests not later than July
1, 1986. ((This subsection shall not preclude a local district from
adopting local procedures or alternative programs which exceed the minimum
standards.))
(2) The
superintendent of public instruction shall develop or purchase and conduct
field tests in local districts during the 1987-88 school year
model evaluation programs, including standardized evaluation instruments, which
meet the minimum standards ((established)) developed pursuant to
subsection (1) of this section and the minimum criteria established pursuant to
RCW 28A.67.065. In consultation with school directors, administrators,
parents, students, the business community, and teachers, the superintendent of
public instruction shall consider a variety of programs such as programs
providing for peer review and evaluation input by parents, input by students in
appropriate circumstances, instructional assistance teams, and outside
professional evaluation. Such programs shall include specific indicators
of performance or detailed work expectations against which performance can be
measured. The superintendent of public instruction shall compensate any
district participating in such tests for the actual expenses incurred by the
district.
(3)
Not later than ((July)) September 1, 1988, the superintendent of
public instruction shall adopt state procedural standards and select
from one to five model evaluation programs which may be used by local districts
in conducting evaluations pursuant to RCW 28A.67.065(1). Local school
districts shall establish and implement an evaluation program on or
before September 1, 1989, by selecting one of the models approved by the
superintendent of public instruction or by adopting an evaluation program
pursuant to the bargaining process set forth in chapters 41.56 and 41.59 RCW.
Local school districts may adopt an evaluation program which contains criteria
and standards in excess of the minimum criteria and standards established by
the superintendent of public instruction.
(4) The superintendent of public instruction shall report to the legislature on the progress of the development and field testing of minimum procedural standards and model evaluation programs on or before January 1, 1987, and January 1, 1988.