Contact Your Representative in Support of SB 751!

November 20, 2019

The Pennsylvania Principals Association has been working for the past six years to make changes to Act 82 – Educator Effectiveness. We are pleased to support SB 751. Passing this bill will dramatically improve current law Act 82 – Educator Effectiveness.

Educator Evaluation Reform Plan Makes Important Strides

Legislation introduced by Sen. Ryan Aument (R-Lancaster) and Rep. Jesse Topper (R-Bedford) will overhaul the current educator evaluation system (Act 82 of 2012) for the better.  

Below is a brief summary of the improvements proposed for Act 82.

SB 751 would:
* Reduce the impact of standardized tests and student performance components
* Increase the focus on classroom observation and practice
* Recognize the impact of student poverty on student performance
* Encourage greater collaboration between educators and administrators

Specifically, SB 751 would:

Under current law (Act 82 of 2012), student performance components, based in part on standardized test results, account for 50 percent of an educator’s evaluation, while classroom observation and practice account for the other 50 percent.

 

* Increase the weight of classroom observation and practice on educator evaluations (70% observation and practice instead of 50%)

* Decrease the impact of standardized tests and student performance components 

* Simplify and revise the building-level measure School Performance Profile (SPP)

* Mitigate factors that unfairly penalize employees in struggling schools

 

Recognizing the Impact of Student Poverty
SB 751 would adjust the building-level measure by a “challenge multiplier” based on the population of economically disadvantaged students in each school building. This accounts for some of the strong correlation between poverty and standardized test performance.

The House will be voting to send SB 751 to the Governor on Thursday, Nov. 21st. Please contact your legislator TODAY to express your support for this proposed legislation! Note: SB 751 has already overwhelmingly passed in the Senate. 

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