Educator evaluation and the law: a case study of common statutory problems

Statutorily many states have gone through an evolutionary process regarding educator evaluation. This often results in a disconnected body of laws and amendments that create problems with respect to purposes of evaluation, appropriate standards and methods to be employed, and implementation strategies. The Utah case study presented in the current paper illustrates this phenomenon. As educator evaluation matures, statutorial efforts to look at educator evaluation in a comprehensive manner becomes critical.