The Tennessee State Board of Education has given final approval to a plan that will let teachers bypass required professional development credits if they perform well on annual teacher evaluations. The plan also streamlines the number of licenses issued.
This year, the Tennessee General Assembly voted to get rid of a policy tying license non-renewal to poor evaluation marks or low student learning gains.
The Tennessee Education Association pushed for that decision but also opposes the new plan, because the group opposes the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS), which makes up 35 percent of a teacher’s evaluation score.
