Unsatisfactory Evaluations: Illinois
Exiting Ineffective Teachers Policy
Analysis of Illinois's policies
Illinois requires that teachers who receive an unsatisfactory evaluation be placed on a "remediation plan" within 30 days of the completed evaluation. Teachers are evaluated three times during the 90-day remediation period, and those who receive an unsatisfactory evaluation at its conclusion are formally eligible for dismissal.
In addition, new legislation in Illinois requires that for any teacher who successfully completes a remediation plan but then receives an "unsatisfactory" rating in the next 36-month period, the school district "may forego remediation and seek dismissal."
Recommendations for Illinois
State response to our analysis
Illinois recognized the factual accuracy of this analysis.
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Delivering Well Prepared Teachers
- Admission into Preparation Programs
- Elementary Teacher Preparation
- Elementary Teacher Preparation in Reading Instruction
- Elementary Teacher Preparation in Mathematics
- Middle School Teacher Preparation
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- Special Education Teacher Preparation
- Assessing Professional Knowledge
- Student Teaching
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Identifying Effective Teachers
- State Data Systems
- Evaluation of Effectiveness
- Frequency of Evaluations
- Tenure
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Retaining Effective Teachers
Exiting Ineffective Teachers
Research rationale
To review the process and types of personnel evaluations observed in other job sectors, including the problems inherent to some evaluation systems see, for example, Gliddon, David (October 2004). Effective Performance Management Systems, Current Criticisms and New Ideas for Employee Evaluation in Performance Improvement 43(9), 27-36.