Full Text of SR0774 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, All students thrive when they are taught by | 3 | | educators who are well prepared to support their academic, | 4 | | social, and emotional needs; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Research shows that teacher quality is the number | 6 | | one school-based factor impacting student achievement and that | 7 | | all teachers benefit from regular performance feedback they | 8 | | can use to improve their teaching methods; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA), | 10 | | which put Illinois' teacher evaluation system in place, is now | 11 | | over ten years old; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Both practice and available Illinois-based | 13 | | research indicate that teacher evaluations have significantly | 14 | | improved since the passage of PERA, facilitated more | 15 | | productive conversations between educators and evaluators, and | 16 | | strengthened feedback loops relating to instructional practice | 17 | | and student learning; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The value of joint committees to problem-solve | 19 | | and negotiate elements relating to teacher evaluation is | 20 | | clear; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The value of thoughtful evaluations also comes | 2 | | with concerns that these more substantive evaluations may be | 3 | | time-consuming; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The lack of state-level research and | 5 | | disaggregated data make it challenging to fully understand the | 6 | | impact and opportunities of evaluation elements, such as | 7 | | measuring professional practice or student growth; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Any change to PERA and our State's system of | 9 | | teacher evaluation are best addressed comprehensively, rather | 10 | | than through piecemeal legislation or changes; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, PERA called for the creation of the Performance | 12 | | Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) to oversee implementation | 13 | | and training relating to PERA, which uniquely represents a | 14 | | variety of important stakeholders involved in PK-12 education, | 15 | | and is convened and staffed by the State Board of Education; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, A comprehensive review of the implementation of | 18 | | PERA and the opportunity to consider whether and how | 19 | | evaluation policies might be improved would be timely and | 20 | | beneficial; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the | 2 | | Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) to initiate and | 3 | | complete a research study into the implementation of teacher | 4 | | evaluation in Illinois, gather feedback from stakeholders | 5 | | state-wide, review best practice from other states, and use | 6 | | that research to inform a set of policy recommendations that | 7 | | would address any identified challenges while preserving the | 8 | | core benefits of PERA's robust evaluation system with an | 9 | | interim report to the legislature by December 31, 2022 that | 10 | | includes a full timeline for report creation, including a plan | 11 | | for gathering stakeholder feedback, with a final report to be | 12 | | given to the legislature by December 31, 2023; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the PEAC convene to initiate | 15 | | discussion on this charge by April 30, 2022; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | delivered to the PEAC.
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