SB461: Bill Text

SB461, s. 19 Section 19. 115.415 of the statutes is created to read:

SB461,9,25 115.415 Educator effectiveness. (1) The department shall develop an educator effectiveness evaluation system and an equivalency process aligned with the department's evaluation system for the evaluation of teachers and principals as provided in this section, and shall require each school district to evaluate teachers and principals in the district beginning in the 2014-15 school year.

SB461,10,2 (2) The department shall develop an educator effectiveness evaluation system according to the following framework:

SB461,10,7 (a) Fifty percent of the total evaluation score assigned to a teacher or principal shall be based upon measures of student performance, including performance on state assessments, district-wide assessments, student learning objectives, school-wide reading at the elementary and middle-school levels, and graduation rates at the high school level.

SB461,10,9 (b) Fifty percent of the total evaluation score assigned to a teacher or principal shall be based upon one of the following:

SB461,10,12 1. For a teacher, the extent to which the teacher's practice meets the core teaching standards adopted by the 2011 Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium.

SB461,10,15 2. For a principal, the extent to which the principal's practice meets the 2008 Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Educational Leadership Policy Standards.

SB461,10,17 (c) A teacher or principal evaluated under this subsection shall be placed in one of multiple performance categories.

SB461,10,25 (3) (a) The department shall promulgate by rule an equivalency process aligned with the evaluation system established under sub. (2) for school districts seeking to utilize an alternative process for the evaluation of teacher and principal practice. The process under this subsection shall be based on the criteria established in the 2011 Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium and the 2008 Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Educational Leadership Policy Standards, and a school district that uses the process under this subsection shall evaluate the performance of teachers in the following 4 domains:

SB461,11,1 1. Planning and preparation.

SB461,11,2 2. The classroom environment.

SB461,11,3 3. Instruction.

SB461,11,4 4. Professional responsibilities and development.

SB461,11,6 (b) A teacher or principal evaluated under this subsection shall be placed in one of multiple performance categories.

SB461, s. 20 Section 20. 118.016 of the statutes is created to read:

SB461,11,15 118.016 Assessments of reading readiness. (1) Beginning in the 2012-13 school year, each school board and the governing body of each charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) shall, using the appropriate assessment of literacy fundamentals selected by the department, annually assess each pupil enrolled in 5-year-old kindergarten in the school district or in the charter school for reading readiness. If the department determines that sufficient moneys are available, the school board and governing body shall also assess each pupil enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten.

SB461,11,19 (2) The school board of the school district or governing body of the charter school in which the pupil is enrolled shall provide a pupil whose assessment under sub. (1) indicates that he or she is at risk of reading difficulty with remedial reading services, as described under s. 121.02 (1) (c).

SB461, s. 21 Section 21. 118.19 (14) of the statutes is created to read:

SB461,12,7 118.19 (14) (a) The department may not issue an initial teaching license that authorizes the holder to teach in grades kindergarten to 5 or in special education unless the applicant has passed an examination that evaluates the applicant's knowledge of reading development and scientifically based reading instruction; integration of knowledge and understanding phonological and phonemic awareness; concepts of print and the alphabetic principles; the role of phonics in promoting reading development; word analysis skills and strategies; vocabulary development; the application of reading comprehension skills and strategies to imaginative, literary, informational, and expository texts; formal and informal methods of assessing reading development; multiple approaches to reading instruction; development of reading curricula; and the evaluation of the results of instruments used to screen pupils for reading acquisition skills.

SB461,12,10 (b) Any teacher who passes the examination under par. (a) shall notify the department, which shall add a notation to the teacher's license indicating that he or she passed the examination.

SB461, s. 22 Section 22. 119.04 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 85, is amended to read:

SB461,12,22 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c), 66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.365 (3), 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.51, 118.52, 118.55, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.14, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board.

SB461, s. 23 Section 23. 120.12 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB461,13,2 120.12 (2m) Educator effectiveness. (a) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, evaluate the effectiveness of each teacher and principal employed by the school district using either the system established under s. 115.415 (2) or the equivalency process established by rule under s. 115.415 (3).

SB461,13,4 (b) Ensure that the results of evaluations conducted under this subsection are not subject to public inspection, copying, or disclosure under s. 19.35.

SB461, s. 24 Section 24. 121.02 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

SB461,13,10 121.02 (1) (c) 3. The pupil's reading assessment under s. 118.016 indicates that the pupil is at risk of reading difficulty. If this subdivision applies, the services provided the pupil shall be evidence-based and shall address all areas in which the pupil is deficient in a manner consistent with the state standards in reading and language arts.

SB461, s. 25 Section 25. Nonstatutory provisions.

SB461,13,17 (1) Educator effectiveness evaluation system. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the 2013-15 biennial budget bill, the department of public instruction shall submit information concerning the cost of developing and implementing the educator effectiveness evaluation system and equivalency process under section 115.415 of the statutes, as created by this act.

SB461, s. 26 Section 26. Fiscal changes.

SB461,13,22 (1) Transfer to governor's read to lead development fund. There is transferred from the general fund to the governor's read to lead development fund $400,000 in the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect.

SB461, s. 27 Section 27. Initial applicability.

SB461,14,3 (1) Teaching license. The treatment of section 118.19 (14) (a) of the statutes first applies to an application for a teaching license received by the department of public instruction on January 1, 2014.

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