What school leaders need to know about AI in teacher evaluation: the one line the law, unions, and federal guidance all draw, the Illinois law, the risks to manage, a district decision framework, questions to vet any tool, and sample policy language.
General AI like ChatGPT can draft evaluation language, but every write-up means pasting standards, prompting, and editing. How a purpose-built teacher evaluation tool compares on alignment, consistency, speed, and defensibility.