Amends TCA Section 49-1-302.

Under the present law teacher evaluation provisions: (1) 50 percent of the evaluation criteria is comprised of student achievement data, as follows: 35 percent of the evaluation criteria is student achievement data based on student growth data as represented by the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS), or some other comparable measure of student growth, if no such TVAAS data is available; and 15 percent is based on other measures of student achievement selected from a list of such measures developed by the teacher evaluation advisory committee and adopted by the board; and (2) The remainder evaluation criteria includes factors such as review of prior evaluations and classroom observation. This bill revises the provision described above in (1) that 60, instead of 50 percent, of the criteria will be based on achievement data and to increase from 15 to 25 percent the amount that will be based on other measures of student achievement. This bill deletes the following present law provisions: (1) The provision whereby if a teacher's or principal's student growth data reflects attainment of an achievement level of “at expectations,” “above expectations,” or “significantly above expectations," then the student growth data comprises the full 50 percent student achievement data portion of the teacher's or principal's evaluation, if such use results in a higher final evaluation score for the teacher or principal; and (2) The provision whereby if an individual teacher's student growth data reflects attainment of an achievement level demonstrating an effectiveness level of “above expectations” or “significantly above expectations," then the student growth data may, at the discretion of the LEA or public charter school, and upon request of the teacher, comprise 100 percent of the teacher's final evaluation score. ON MARCH 7, 2022, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2116, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 removes the provision of this bill that would have deleted the following present law provisions: (1) The provision whereby if a teacher's or principal's student growth data reflects attainment of an achievement level of “at expectations,” “above expectations,” or “significantly above expectations,” then the student growth data must comprise the full 50 percent student achievement data portion of the teacher's or principal's evaluation, if such use results in a higher final evaluation score for the teacher or principal; and (2) The provision whereby if an individual teacher's student growth data reflects attainment of an achievement level demonstrating an effectiveness level of “above expectations” or “significantly above expectations” then the student growth data may, at the discretion of the LEA or public charter school, and upon request of the teacher, comprise 100 percent of the teacher's final evaluation score. ON APRIL 11, 2022, THE SENATE SUBSTITUTED HOUSE BILL 2116 FOR SENATE BILL 2155, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2116, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 makes the same change as House Amendment #1 and makes a technical clarification to reflect this bill's increase in certain evaluation criteria to 60 percent.