Bill Text: IL SR0774 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Urges the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) to initiate and complete a research study into the implementation of teacher evaluation in Illinois, gather feedback from stakeholders state-wide, review best practice from other states, and use that research to inform a set of policy recommendations that would address any identified challenges while preserving the core benefits of PERA's robust evaluation system with an interim report to the legislature by December 31, 2022 that includes a full timeline for report creation, including a plan for gathering stakeholder feedback, with a final report to be given to the legislature by December 31, 2023. Further urges the PEAC convene to initiate discussion on this charge by April 30, 2022.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-04-09 - Resolution Adopted; 055-000-000 [SR0774 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0774-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 774
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| 2 | WHEREAS, All students thrive when they are taught by
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| 3 | educators who are well prepared to support their academic,
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| 4 | social, and emotional needs; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Research shows that teacher quality is the number
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| 6 | one school-based factor impacting student achievement and that
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| 7 | all teachers benefit from regular performance feedback they
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| 8 | can use to improve their teaching methods; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA),
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| 10 | which put Illinois' teacher evaluation system in place, is now
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| 11 | over ten years old; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Practice and available Illinois-based
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| 13 | indicate that teacher evaluations have significantly
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| 14 | since the passage of PERA, facilitated more
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| 15 | conversations between educators and evaluators, and
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| 16 | strengthened feedback loops relating to instructional practice
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| 17 | and student learning; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The value of joint committees to problem-solve
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| 19 | and negotiate elements relating to teacher evaluation is
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| 20 | clear; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The value of thoughtful evaluations also comes
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| 2 | with concerns that these more substantive evaluations may be
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| 3 | time-consuming; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The lack of state-level research and
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| 5 | disaggregated data make it challenging to fully understand the
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| 6 | impact and opportunities of evaluation elements, such as
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| 7 | measuring professional practice or student growth; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Any change to PERA and our State's system of
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| 9 | teacher evaluation are best addressed comprehensively, rather
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| 10 | than through piecemeal legislation or changes; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, PERA called for the creation of the Performance
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| 12 | Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) to oversee implementation
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| 13 | and training relating to PERA, which uniquely represents a
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| 14 | variety of important stakeholders involved in PK-12 education,
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| 15 | and is convened and staffed by the State Board of Education;
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| 16 | and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, A comprehensive review of the implementation of
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| 18 | PERA and the opportunity to consider whether and how
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| 19 | evaluation policies might be improved would be timely and
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| 20 | beneficial; therefore, be it
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| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
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| 1 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we call upon the
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| 2 | Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) to initiate and
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| 3 | complete a research study performed by an educational research | ||||||
| 4 | organization that is not a state agency to examine the | ||||||
| 5 | implementation of teacher
evaluation in Illinois, gather | ||||||
| 6 | feedback from stakeholders
state-wide, and review best | ||||||
| 7 | practice from other states; PEAC is urged to use
that research | ||||||
| 8 | to inform a set of policy recommendations that
would address | ||||||
| 9 | any identified challenges while preserving the
core benefits | ||||||
| 10 | of PERA's robust evaluation system with an
interim report that | ||||||
| 11 | is urged to be delivered to the legislature by January 16, | ||||||
| 12 | 2023, which
includes a full timeline for report creation, | ||||||
| 13 | including a plan
for gathering stakeholder feedback, with a | ||||||
| 14 | final report that is urged to be
delivered to the legislature | ||||||
| 15 | by June 30, 2024; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That we urge the Chair of the Illinois State | ||||||
| 17 | Board of Education to work with the PEAC Chair to lead this | ||||||
| 18 | work; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That we urge PEAC to convene and initiate
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| 20 | discussion on this charge by April 30, 2022; and be it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 22 | delivered to the PEAC.
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