Editorial cover on EvalScribe cream reading "Same evidence, same score," subhead "Teacher evaluation calibration: why evaluators score the same lesson differently, how to run a norming session, and what agreement should look like, with an agreement calculator," and a small bar chart of six evaluators' ratings clustered around Proficient with the note "100% adjacent agreement," tagged for principals, APs, and district leaders.

Teacher Evaluation Calibration: How to Get Your Evaluators to Agree (and Why It Matters)

EvalScribe
August 13, 2026
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Anthony D. Neely, Ph.D.

Anthony D. Neely, Ph.D.

Anthony Neely is the Founder of EvalScribe, a veteran educator, an AI integration consultant for teaching & learning, researcher, & author.

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