ABSTRACT
The main goals of teacher evaluation are to hold teachers accountable and to improve instruction to enhance student learning. Teacher evaluation may have other effects, however. For instance, it may alter how districts allocate resources, schools operate, teachers enact disciplinary policies, and students behave. Teacher evaluation reforms may affect who enters teaching or the principalship and how long they remain in these roles. It may also have particular consequences for equity by race, gender, or socioeconomic status of teachers or of the students they serve. This chapter therefore explores the effects of teacher evaluation beyond developing teachers’ skills and holding them accountable. Starting with the lens of equity, this chapter examines conceptual critiques of new teacher evaluation systems and presents research on the implications of the design, implementation, and effects of teacher evaluation reforms for minoritized teachers and teachers of minoritized students and students with disabilities. The chapter then investigates the broader effects of teacher evaluation on districts, schools, educators, and students.
