State Database of Teacher Evaluation Policy
Source List: RHODE ISLAND
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Annenberg Institute for School Reform. (n.d.). Rhode Island Urban Education Task Force:
Building our future [Webpage]. Retrieved from http://annenberginstitute.org/UETF/index.html
Goals of the Rhode Island Urban Education Task Force and links to the task force’s final
recommendations.
[RI-2]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (n.d.). District developed
evaluation systems [Webpage]. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/TeachersAdministrators/EducatorEvaluation/DistrictDesignedSystems.as
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Instructions, resources, and information for districts that have opted out of the state’s model and
are designing their own educator evaluation systems.
[RI-3]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (2009). Educator
preparation programs and institutional pass rates. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Teachers-and-Administrators-ExcellentEducators/Educator-Certification/Becoming-anEducator/Institutional_Pass_Rate_2009_2012.pdf
Information on Rhode Island’s teacher preparation programs and program certification process.
[RI-4]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (n.d.). Race to the Top:
Transforming education in Rhode Island [Webpage]. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/InsideRIDE/AdditionalInformation/RacetotheTop.aspx
Web compilation of Race to the Top initiatives and planning in Rhode Island, with access to
most planning documents, updates, and background materials.
[RI-5]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (n.d.). Transforming
Education in Rhode Island: Strategic Plan 2010–2015. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Inside-RIDE/AdditionalInformation/RIDEStrategicPlan.pdf
Overview of the state’s systemwide public school restructuring plan.
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Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (n.d.). Rhode Island growth
model (RIGM) [Webpage]. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/InstructionAssessment/InstructionalResources/TheRhodeIslandGrowthM
odel.aspx
Links to tools and information related to Rhode Island’s student growth model, including
brochures, training videos, and answers to common questions.
[RI-7]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (n.d.). Educator Evaluation
[Webpage]. Retrieved from
https://www.ride.ri.gov/TeachersAdministrators/EducatorEvaluation.aspx
Agendas and information from meetings of the state’s Advisory Committee for Educator
Evaluation Systems. Links to guidebooks and information regarding the state model evaluation
system.
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Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (n.d.). Student learning
objectives [Webpage]. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/TeachersAdministrators/EducatorEvaluation/StudentLearningOutcomeOb
jectives.aspx
Resources on student learning objectives, including guides for teachers and principals in using
student learning objectives and examples of student learning objectives for a wide variety of
grades and subject areas.
[RI-9]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (2008). The Rhode Island
professional teaching standards. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Teachers-and-Administrators-ExcellentEducators/Educator-Certification/Cert-main-page/RIPTS-with-preamble.pdf
The Rhode Island Professional Teaching Standards, including information on how they were
formulated, criteria, and explanations of each standard.
[RI-10]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (2008). Standards for
educational leadership in Rhode Island. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Teachers-and-Administrators-ExcellentEducators/Educator-Certification/Becoming-an-Educator/Leadership-Standards-1-29-2009.pdf
Conceptual foundation for Rhode Island’s Standards of Educational Leadership, as well as a list
of the standards and their associated indicators.
[RI-11]
Rhode Island Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education. (2009). Basic
education programs regulations. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Inside-RIDE/Legal/BEP.pdf
Recent major policy and regulatory revisions to Rhode Island’s Title G basic education
programs.
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Rhode Island Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education. (2009). Educator
evaluation system standards. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Teachers-and-Administrators-ExcellentEducators/Educator-Evaluation/Ed-Eval-Standards/EdEvalStandards.pdf
Regulatory and policy foundation for the Rhode Island evaluation model and for districtdeveloped systems of educator evaluation.
[RI-13]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (2009). Rhode Island
program approval process: Educator preparation program approval guidelines. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Teachers-and-Administrators-ExcellentEducators/Educator-Certification/Becoming-an-Educator/Round-3-Guidelines-Final-01-0809.pdf
Overview of Rhode Island’s approach to approving teacher preparation programs, with a history
of the program approval process, the steps involved, and the standards that drive the process.
[RI-14]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (2010). Race to the Top
application for initial funding. Retrieved from
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/phase2-applications/rhode-island.pdf
Rhode Island’s Phase 2 application for Race to the Top funding.
[RI-15]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (2010). Rhode Island
educator evaluation system standards rubric. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Teachers-and-Administrators-ExcellentEducators/Educator-Evaluation/District-Designed-Models/Educator-Evaluation-Rubric-07-1110.pdf
Draft planning tool designed to help districts ensure that their evaluation systems are aligned
with Rhode Island’s evaluation system standards.
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(deleted)
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Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (2013). Student Learning
Objectives [Webpage]. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/TeachersAdministrators/EducatorEvaluation/StudentLearningOutcomeOb
jectives.aspx
Information, tools, and examples for teachers and evaluators on using student learning objectives
to measure student achievement and educator effectiveness.
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[RI-18]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (2011). Frequently asked
questions about Race to the Top implementation in Rhode Island. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/RTTT/FAQ-Document-Updated712011.pdf
An extensive set of answers to common questions on a wide variety of Race to the Top
initiatives, including educator evaluation.
[RI-19]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (2011). Introduction to the
Rhode Island model educator evaluation system: Training module 1 for personnel evaluating
teachers [Slide presentation]. Retrieved from
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDUQFjAB&
url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ride.ri.gov%2FPortals%2F0%2FUploads%2FDocuments%2FTeach
ers-and-Administrators-Excellent-Educators%2FEducator-Evaluation%2FIn-PersonTraining%2FDay1-Facilitator-PowerPointPerEvalTeachers.pptx&ei=I_lJUujHCcWs4APTyoDYAg&usg=AFQjCNEEpKOlnLMKp7HnD
cYc3xQnrlv41Q&sig2=QQdeh5pNaDTEBSlWHIKezQ&bvm=bv.53217764,d.dmg
Presentation created for the first round of educator evaluator training conducted by the Rhode
Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
[RI-22]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (June 2014). Measures of
student learning. Retrieved from
https://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Teachers-and-Administrators-ExcellentEducators/Educator-Evaluation/Guidebooks-Forms/Measures_of_Student_LearningTEACHER.pdf
Final version of the Rhode Island educator assessment guidebook, including instructions and
tools for evaluating both teachers and administrators.
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Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (2014). Rhode Island Model
Evaluation and Support System: Edition III. Retrieved from
https://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Teachers-and-Administrators-ExcellentEducators/Educator-Evaluation/Guidebooks-Forms/Teacher_Guidebook.pdf
Most recent overview of the Rhode Island educator evaluation system, focused specifically on
teacher evaluation and presented as an interactive PDF, with examples and detailed discussions
of forms and components.
[RI-25]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (2011). Rhode Island’s Race
to the Top communications and engagement plan, 2011–2014. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/RTTT/Communications-Plan.pdf
Summary of the purpose, theory of outcome, evaluation, context, and key messages planned and
plans for intended audience, outcomes, and modes of communication.
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(deleted)
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Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (2012). ESEA flexibility
request. Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/policy/eseaflex/approved-requests/ri.pdf
The Rhode Island ESEA flexibility request.
[RI-28]
Rhode Island Board of Regents. (2011). Regulations governing the certification of educators in
Rhode Island. Retrieved from
http://sos.ri.gov/documents/archives/regdocs/released/pdf/DESE/6577.pdf
Board of regents regulations effective January 2012 that link educator evaluation with
certification.
[RI-29]
U.S. Department of Education. (2012). Race to the Top: Rhode Island Report, Year 1—School
Year 2010–2011. Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/performance/rhodeisland-year-1.pdf
Status of Rhode Island’s progress toward state Race to the Top goals in the first year of its RTTT
initiative.
[RI-30]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (n.d.) Student learning
objective—Teacher (culinary arts). Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Teachers-and-Administrators-ExcellentEducators/Educator-Evaluation/Student-Learning-Objectives/HS-CTE-CulinaryArts.pdf
Student learning objective template for teachers of culinary arts.
[RI-31]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (n.d.) Student learning
objective—Teacher (pre-engineering). Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Teachers-and-Administrators-ExcellentEducators/Educator-Evaluation/Student-Learning-Objectives/HS-CTE-ElectRobPreEngineer.pdf
Student learning objective template for teachers of pre-engineering courses.
[RI-32]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (n.d.) Online modules and
tools [Webpage]. Retrieved from
http://ride.ri.gov/TeachersAdministrators/EducatorEvaluation/OnlineModules.aspx
Resources to help teachers choose assessments for their student learning objectives.
[RI-33]
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (n.d.) Summer Training
[Webpage]. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/TeachersAdministrators/EducatorEvaluation/SummerTraining.aspx
Information on training for new evaluators.
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Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (n.d.) Educator Performance
and Support System (EPSS) [Webpage]. Retrieved from
http://www.ride.ri.gov/TeachersAdministrators/EducatorEvaluation/EducatorPerformanceandSu
pportSystemEPSS.aspx
Homepage for the Educator Performance and Support System, which educators use to manage
evaluation data.
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