As students settle into their first months of
the new school year, it’s a good time to check in on the teacher policy
landscape governing the profession across the country. From new college- and career-ready standards to
changes in evaluation systems, many states are making progress towards ensuring
that all students have effective teachers. Currently, all but ten statesrequire that at least some
objective evidence of student learning is considered when evaluating teacher
performance. And with so many new
teachers just beginning their careers, it’s good to see that 31 states require
mentoring for all new teachers and 26 have strong overall induction
policies , unless
of course you are a new teacher from one of the many that don’t. For more
information on the national landscape, or to see how your state’s policies are
doing, explore our State Teacher Policy
Yearbook dashboard here .
