MarylandMaryland bars teacher evaluations from school accountability measures
Maryland’s school accountability system may include staffing and curriculum measures, but it cannot rely on teacher evaluations when setting or calculating indicators.
What it does
Maryland may not use teacher evaluations when it sets or calculates measures for its school accountability system.
Maryland’s accountability program may count school staffing and students’ progress through a well-rounded curriculum among its school quality measures. Curriculum measures are the exception to the rule against basing those measures on student tests.
Every school accountability program must include climate surveys, with at least one question asking educators whether they receive critical feedback about instruction.
Argument forStaffing and curriculum measures could help families see more of what schools offer beyond test results.
Argument againstWithout teacher evaluations, the state’s school measures may show less about how schools assess teaching.
More detail
The State Board may not use teacher evaluations when setting or calculating accountability indicators. The restriction applies to indicators the State Board establishes for the state accountability system. The restriction takes effect July 1, 2026.
The state accountability program may include school staffing measures and measures of students’ progress through a well-rounded curriculum. These are possible school quality indicators for public schools in the state accountability program. The program must include at least three school quality indicators overall. Curriculum measures may be based on student testing; other school quality indicators may not. The requirements take effect July 1, 2026.
School climate surveys must ask educators whether they receive critical instructional feedback. The surveys are a required school quality indicator in the public school accountability program. The requirement takes effect July 1, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- May 26Approved by the Governor Wes Moore - Chapter 593Became Law
- Apr 13Returned Passed
- Apr 13Third Reading PassedPassed Senate
- Apr 9Second Reading Passed
- Apr 9Favorable AdoptedMinor
- Apr 9Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentMinor
- Apr 7Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- Apr 7Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Apr 2Referred RulesMinor
- Apr 1Third Reading PassedPassed House
- Mar 31Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 31Favorable with Amendments {Minor
- Mar 30Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and MeansMinor
- Mar 25
- Vote recorded On Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 16
- Vote recorded On Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 16Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 13First Reading Ways and MeansIntroduced
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