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for Washington educators.
Cut evaluation documentation from hours to minutes. EvalScribe is built around Washington's TPEP natively — the eight State Criteria and all three approved frameworks, Danielson 2022, CEL 5D+, and Marzano, in your framework's own language.
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The Washington State 8, built in
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Endorsed by educational leaders
Game changer. Absolute game changer for school admin.
Tobin Davidson · Assistant Superintendent · 40+ years in education
This is amazing. I would pay lots of money for this. I’m serious — it’s crazy good.
Kittie Brown · Assistant Principal
Also endorsed by Dr. Robert Stinson · Glenn Brown · Angie Brandt — read full quotes ↓
Built by a classroom teacher
Founded by a practicing K–12 educator with nearly 20 years in the field.
Washington-specific
The State 8 criteria and all three approved frameworks, built in natively.
Privacy-first
Transient processing on Microsoft Azure. Never used for AI training.
Built for workflow
Designed around the realities of being a Washington evaluator.
The Washington State 8. EvalScribe supports all three frameworks.
Washington evaluates teachers through the Teacher and Principal Evaluation Program (TPEP). Every teacher is evaluated on the eight state criteria — the "State 8" — using one of three OSPI-approved instructional frameworks. EvalScribe is built around the State 8 and supports all three frameworks: Danielson 2022, CEL 5D+, and Marzano.
The State 8 evaluation criteria
Established in law (WAC 392-191A-060) and shared across all TPEP frameworks, the eight state criteria are the foundation every Washington evaluation is built on. Student growth data support criteria 3, 6, and 8. EvalScribe maps your observation evidence to the criterion it supports and drafts a rating and evidence-anchored feedback in your framework's own language.
The eight state criteria.
High Expectations
Centering instruction on high expectations for student achievement.
Effective Teaching Practices
Demonstrating effective teaching practices throughout the lesson.
Individual Learning Needs
Student growthRecognizing individual student learning needs and developing strategies to address them.
Content & Curriculum
Providing clear and intentional focus on subject matter content and curriculum.
Safe, Positive Environment
Fostering and managing a safe, positive learning environment.
Using Student Data
Student growthUsing multiple student data elements to modify instruction and improve learning.
Families & Community
Communicating and collaborating with parents and the school community.
Collaborative Practice
Student growthCollaborative, collegial practice focused on improving instruction and student learning.
Three approved frameworks. EvalScribe supports all three.
Each district adopts one OSPI-approved instructional framework, which provides the rubric language for the State 8. EvalScribe has all three built in:
Danielson 2022
Framework for Teaching — four domains: Planning & Preparation, Learning Environments, Learning Experiences, Principled Teaching. Required for Danielson districts in 2025-26.
CEL 5D+
UW Center for Educational Leadership — five dimensions: Purpose, Student Engagement, Curriculum & Pedagogy, Assessment for Student Learning, and Classroom Environment & Culture.
Marzano
The Marzano Teacher Evaluation Model — domains spanning classroom strategies, planning, reflection, and professional collegiality.
The four TPEP ratings.
Unsatisfactory
Basic
Proficient
The professional standardDistinguished
Proficient is the expected professional standard. The same four levels apply across all three frameworks, and EvalScribe drafts to each level's own criteria.
Comprehensive, focused, and student growth
TPEP uses two evaluation types. A comprehensive evaluation assesses all eight criteria — required annually for provisional teachers and at least once every four years for all classroom teachers. A focused evaluation addresses at least three of the eight criteria in the years between.
Student growth data support criteria 3, 6, and 8, set through the district's process. EvalScribe drafts the observation-based write-up; the growth data and the final summative rating are handled by the district.
How EvalScribe handles TPEP
The eight state criteria and all three approved frameworks are built into the tool, each with the framework's own language across the four levels and the critical attributes, observables, or evidence that separate adjacent ratings. EvalScribe maps the evidence from your observation notes to the criterion it supports and drafts best-fit ratings and evidence-anchored feedback — so the write-up is defensible, traceable back to what you observed, and ready to inform the summative evaluation.
Scope of the score. EvalScribe drafts the observation-based write-up. Student growth data (criteria 3, 6, and 8) and the overall summative rating are determined by the district, not the app.
Current with Washington's frameworks. EvalScribe uses the Danielson 2022 edition required for 2025-26, along with CEL 5D+ and Marzano. Tell us which framework your district uses at [email protected] and we'll make sure it's set correctly.
How EvalScribe works with TPEP.
A five-step path from the back of the classroom to a finished, standards-aligned evaluation.
Observe the classroom
Formal observation or walkthrough — capture what you see the way you always have.
Enter notes your way
Type, dictate, or snap a photo of your handwritten notes. Smart Scan converts handwriting to text.
Map evidence to criteria
EvalScribe identifies which of the eight State Criteria each note supports, in your district's framework language.
Suggested ratings & comments
Get draft ratings and feedback language in the rubric's own voice, across the four-level scale.
Review & finalize
Edit anything you want, finalize the evaluation, and export a clean PDF for your records.
EvalScribe runs natively on iPhone, iPad, and Mac — work where you are.
Capture notes the way you already work.
No retraining required. Whatever your walkthrough style, EvalScribe accepts it.
Snap a photo
Photograph your handwritten notes mid-walkthrough. Smart Scan OCR converts handwriting to text — even messy handwriting, even pedagogical terms.
Dictate as you go
Speak observations directly into the app. Voice dictation captures what you saw without breaking your eye contact with the classroom.
Type directly
Prefer to type? Enter notes straight into the app — they flow into the same DC-aware drafting pipeline as scans and dictation.
Why generic AI falls short for TPEP.
Pasting your walkthrough notes into a general-purpose chatbot might produce a paragraph that sounds polished — but for TPEP documentation, "sounds polished" isn't the bar. Defensible, criteria-aligned evaluations are.
| Capability | Generic AI (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) | EvalScribe |
|---|---|---|
| Framework awareness | ✕No concept of TPEP, the State 8, or the four-level scale. Treats every prompt the same. | ✓Built around Washington's eight state criteria and the actual rubric language of your framework. |
| Framework choice | ✕No idea Washington approves three different frameworks that each map to the State 8. | ✓Supports all three — Danielson 2022, CEL 5D+, and Marzano — in the district's chosen language. |
| Danielson 2022 edition | ✕Defaults to the older 2011 Danielson wording, unaware Washington now requires the 2022 edition. | ✓Uses the Danielson 2022 edition required for Washington districts in 2025-26. |
| The Proficient standard | ✕Treats the scale as generic good-to-bad, missing that Proficient — not Distinguished — is the professional standard. | ✓Drafts to the real bar — Proficient is consistent, expected practice; Distinguished requires student-directed evidence. |
| Criteria vs. growth | ✕Blurs the observation write-up together with the student growth data behind criteria 3, 6, and 8. | ✓Drafts the observation write-up and leaves student growth data and the summative rating to the district. |
| Note input | ✕Requires you to retype everything before the AI can do anything with it. | ✓Accepts typed notes, dictation, or photos of handwritten notes via Smart Scan OCR. |
| Feedback language | ✕Vague, generic comments that could describe any teacher. | ✓Professional, evidence-anchored feedback written in the language of your TPEP framework. |
| Data privacy | ✕Free tiers may use your inputs to train public models. | ✓Enterprise-grade Microsoft Azure. Transient processing. Zero retention. Never used for training. |
| Defensibility | ✕Output you can't trace back to evidence or rubric language. | ✓Every comment is tied to evidence pulled from your notes and the component it supports. |
How much Washington evaluation time could you reclaim?
Tune the inputs to your reality. The numbers update as you go.
You could reclaim approximately
hours per year
Workdays reclaimed
Total evaluations
Based on early EvalScribe users saving an average of 35 minutes per evaluation. Individual results may vary based on your current workflow.
The best way to see it
is to watch it.
Reading about how EvalScribe drafts a TPEP evaluation isn't the same as watching it happen. The demo walks through a real observation — capture, mapping, scoring, and final export — start to finish.
The draft review screen — every comment, rating, and piece of mapped evidence is fully editable before export.
See an example EvalScribe report.
A real EvalScribe-generated evaluation, formatted exactly as it exports from the app. The workflow is the same across frameworks — useful to share with district stakeholders.
Download sample PDFWhat educational leaders are saying.
Real feedback from administrators across roles — from academic coaches to assistant superintendents.
EvalScribe is a tool that every public school principal should use. This resource literally makes multiple people out of administrators, allowing them to focus their energies on precise observation analysis and quality feedback while leaving EvalScribe to handle the mechanics. This tool will remove virtually all of the drudgery from the classroom evaluation process and would represent an excellent use of school funds.
Dr. Robert Stinson
Principal
After seeing a detailed demonstration of EvalScribe, I came away very impressed with both the concept and the execution. The platform provides administrators with a practical way to quickly capture classroom observations and generate high-quality, customized feedback that remains aligned to their evaluation framework and local expectations. What stood out most was the balance between efficiency and quality. EvalScribe has the potential to reduce administrative workload while helping school leaders provide more timely and meaningful feedback to teachers — a tool with considerable promise for schools and districts.
Glenn Brown
Director of Student Services
Game changer. Absolute game changer for school admin.
Tobin Davidson
Assistant Superintendent · 40+ years in education
This is amazing. I would pay lots of money for this. I’m serious — it’s crazy good. I look forward to using it on a regular basis next year.
Kittie Brown
Assistant Principal
Evaluators spend an inordinate amount of time recording and documenting evaluations. This app is easy to use, affordable, and incredibly efficient. It cuts the time spent recording and documenting evaluations down significantly and frees us up to handle other aspects of the job. Plus, the conference suggestions save on prep time when a conference is warranted.
Angie Brandt
Academic Coach
Built by educators, for educators.
EvalScribe was co-founded by a practicing classroom teacher and his wife — a husband-and-wife team with thirty years of combined classroom and business experience.
Anthony Neely, Ph.D.
Co-founder · Product
A tenured K–12 classroom teacher and Professional Learning Lead. District Teacher of the Year, with nearly 20 years in education and three published books.
Andrea Neely, Ph.D.
Co-founder · Business
Associate Professor of Management. Research and teaching in organizational management.
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Observation notes are processed transiently on Microsoft Azure and are not retained on our servers. Your evaluation records live locally on your device. Notes and evaluations are never used to train public AI models. For districts needing a Data Processing Agreement or FERPA attestation, those are available on request.
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For districts deploying across every evaluator.
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All pricing shown is introductory and may change. For school and district plans, EvalScribe issues a unique access code that the buyer distributes to their evaluators.
TPEP & EvalScribe — common questions.
Does EvalScribe support Washington's TPEP?
Yes. EvalScribe is built around the eight State Criteria and supports all three OSPI-approved frameworks — Danielson 2022, CEL 5D+, and Marzano. It maps your observation evidence to the criterion it supports and drafts a rating and feedback in your district's framework language, across the four levels: Unsatisfactory, Basic, Proficient, Distinguished.
What is the "State 8"?
The State 8 are the eight evaluation criteria in Washington law (WAC 392-191A-060) that every teacher is evaluated on. All three TPEP frameworks map to them. They span high expectations, effective practices, individual learning needs, content focus, learning environment, using student data, family communication, and collaborative practice. EvalScribe is built around all eight.
Which framework does EvalScribe use — Danielson, CEL 5D+, or Marzano?
Whichever your district uses. All three approved frameworks are built in. For Danielson districts, EvalScribe uses the 2022 edition required for the 2025-26 school year. Tell us your district's framework at [email protected] and we'll make sure it's set correctly.
What is the difference between comprehensive and focused evaluation?
A comprehensive evaluation assesses all eight criteria — required annually for provisional teachers and at least once every four years for all classroom teachers. A focused evaluation, used in the years between, addresses at least three of the eight criteria. EvalScribe drafts the observation write-up for either type.
Does EvalScribe handle student growth and the summative rating?
No. Student growth data support criteria 3, 6, and 8, and are set through the district's process. The overall summative rating combines the criteria with that growth data. EvalScribe drafts the observation-based write-up; the growth data and the final rating are handled by the district, outside the app.
Does EvalScribe replace evaluator judgment?
No. EvalScribe drafts evidence-mapped evaluations and suggested ratings. The evaluator reviews, edits, and finalizes every document. The professional judgment is always yours — EvalScribe just removes the typing.
Can the generated evaluations be edited?
Yes, fully. Every comment, every rating, and every piece of mapped evidence inside a draft evaluation can be edited before you export the final PDF. You are always the last set of eyes on the document.
Is observation data stored?
Your notes are processed transiently on Microsoft Azure and are not retained on EvalScribe's servers. Your evaluation records sit locally on your device under a local-first architecture. Your data is never used to train public AI models. For more detail, see our Privacy Policy.
How is EvalScribe different from ChatGPT or Claude?
Generic AI tools have no built-in understanding of TPEP. They ignore the State 8, don't know Washington approves three frameworks, default to outdated Danielson wording, and produce vague comments that miss the level distinctions the frameworks require. EvalScribe is built around the State 8 and all three approved frameworks — and the evaluator workflow that surrounds it — from capture through final export.
Where can I read the official TPEP sources?
OSPI publishes the State 8 criteria and the three approved frameworks on its Frameworks and Rubrics page. The criteria are set in WAC 392-191A-060, and Danielson districts are required to use the 2022 edition for the 2025-26 school year.
Which other frameworks are supported?
EvalScribe ships with frameworks from all 50 states and Washington D.C., plus general models such as Danielson, Marzano, Stronge, CEL 5D+, NIET, and Kim Marshall. The complete list is available at evalscribe.com/frameworks.
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