{"id":2547,"date":"2014-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carnegie25live.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=2547"},"modified":"2025-12-17T02:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:27:11","slug":"adding-eyes-the-rise-rewards-and-risks-of-multi-rater-teacher-observation-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/adding-eyes-the-rise-rewards-and-risks-of-multi-rater-teacher-observation-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Eyes: The Rise, Rewards, and Risks of Multi-Rater Teacher Observation Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-9f092ff3\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f749780f\">\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-76d64e57\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"350\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-76d64e57\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teacher_Evaluation-2-270x350-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Teacher_Evaluation-2-270x350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teacher_Evaluation-2-270x350-1.png 270w, https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teacher_Evaluation-2-270x350-1-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:16px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:16px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:16px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3509cf4d\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7f1386da gb-headline-text dcs_blueChevron dcs_removeTransform\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/BRIEF_Multi-rater_evaluation_Dec2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Purchase<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:64px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:64px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:64px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d723643c gb-headline-text\">December 2014 | Written by\u00a0Taylor White<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>State and local policymakers are starting to replace the often-cursory teacher observations of the past with more comprehensive and meaningful practices. But as these new systems roll out, there is mounting evidence that principals alone can\u2019t manage the burdens they impose. In response, a number of districts are using multiple raters to observe and judge teacher performance.&nbsp; This report looks at the design, implementation, and challenges of multi-rater systems in 16 districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second in a&nbsp;series of reports on issues emerging from new teacher evaluation systems in states and school districts. 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