A step-by-step guide to writing a defensible, growth-focused teacher evaluation: evidence over opinion, a rubric-aligned phrase bank, examples, and a checklist.
There is no national teacher evaluation system — each state picks its own. This guide maps the primary teacher-evaluation framework for all 50 states and D.C. (Danielson, Marzano, T-TESS, RISE, and more), with a link to each.