Performance Evaluation Domain - Overview

Key Entities

This domain contains:

• The Performance Evaluation entity is the evaluation of an educator, typically evaluation(s) are regularly scheduled and uniformly applied and may be comprised of one or more evaluations.
• The Evaluation entity represents the instrument used to evaluate an educator. The evaluation could be internally developed or could be an industry recognized instrument such as TTESS or Marzano.
• The Evaluation Objective entity serves as a sub-component of an Evaluation, a specific educator Objective, or domain of performance that is being evaluated. For example, the objectives for a candidate evaluation might include Planning and Preparation, Classroom Management, Delivery of Instruction, Communication, Professional Responsibilities.
• The Evaluation Element entity represents the lowest-level Element or criterion of performance being evaluated by rubric, quantitative measure, or aggregate survey response. For example, the criteria for a Delivery of Instruction objective may include Elements like Organization, Clarity, Questioning, and Engagement.

Key Concepts

The key concepts include the following:

• PerformanceEvaluation entities are associated with Person, since Evaluations can be associated with the different person-role entities, specifically Staff, Candidate, and Student.
• For educators who are evaluated across one or more Sections, an optional association is provided from EvaluationRating to Section.
• A Goal entity is defined to record and track performance goals related to an EvaluationElement.
• The model is intended to support the following types of evaluations:
  • By a supervisor, peer, coach, typically using a rubric
  • Based upon a quantitative measure(s), like student growth or teacher attendance
  • Based upon aggregated responses to a survey, like a student survey or peer survey
  • Based upon ratings entered without the details of how it was derived