Educator Evaluation
Evaluation Systems are an integral part of a comprehensive talent management system which seeks to develop, support, and grow educators through observation of practice and high-quality feedback.
Your questions and comments are welcome at EdEval@ride.ri.gov.
RIDE shares SY21-22 evaluation options for LEAs
Last year, RIDE worked collaboratively with professional associations to provide evaluation options for SY20-21. These options afforded LEAs flexibility while also maintaining the integrity of local evaluation systems. The selection of options 1 or 2 meant that evaluation cycles remained unchanged and all educators due for a SY20-21 evaluation would have received one. Option 3, however, allowed LEAs to postpone the evaluations of Highly Effective and Effective educators to SY21-22.
If your LEA utilized Option 3 in SY20-21, your evaluation plan for SY21-22 should be as follows:
- Conduct evaluations for educators whose evaluations were postponed from SY20-21 and
- Conduct evaluations for educators who received Final Effectiveness Ratings of Developing or Ineffective in SY20-21 and
- Conduct evaluations for non-tenured teachers and
- Conduct evaluations for educators due for a SY21-22 evaluation based on their evaluation cycle
- Optional: Postpone evaluating Highly Effective and Effective educators due for a SY21-22 evaluation based on their evaluation cycle
More detailed information can be found in this SY21-22 Educator Evaluation Slide Deck.
LEA evaluation data will be reported for all educators at the end of SY21-22 indicating whether educators were fully evaluated, postponed due to being Highly Effective/Effective, or "Cyclical" to indicate the educator was not due for an evaluation in SY21-22.
LEAs that would like more information or technical assistance with implementing SY21-22 evaluation should email
EdEval@ride.ri.gov with a request.