“Based on the review of Texas’ guidelines and taking into account the feedback from the expert peers, I have determined that Texas has not yet adopted guidelines for teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that meet all requirements of the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) flexibility, nor does it have a process for ensuring that each district in Texas develops, adopts, pilots, and implements teacher and principal evaluation and support systems consistent with those guidelines as required by ESEA flexibility,” wrote Deborah S. Delisle with the USDE.
In 2013, Texas secured a conditional waiver from USDE, that gave school districts and charters relief from certain ESEA provisions. That waiver was provisionally granted as the department reviewed the state’s new teacher and principal evaluation systems.
In TEA’s press release, Commissioner of Education Michael Williams noted that much of the feedback the USDE provided related to items that would require either statutory changes to TEA authority or specific mandates to school districts from the state. As the state continues working with USDE on this matter, the commissioner will seek input from state leadership and education stakeholders on the potential future of the state’s waiver.
Williams said that regardless of what occurs with the federal waiver, the state will launch new evaluation systems for teachers and principals in 2016–17.
To view TEA’s press release
To view the letter from USDE to TEA
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