THE IMPACT OF COVID 19 ON TEACHER EVALUATION AND EXPLORING THE USE OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

 The COVID 19 pandemic brought numerous challenges in the field of education. One of the greatly affected areas was teacher evaluation and performance assessment. The sudden shift to remote instruction traditional methods of evaluating teacher based on classroom observation and student test scores have become impractical. In the response to these challenges educators and administrators have been exploring the use of formative assessments and alternative measures of teacher effectiveness.

Formative assessment involves frequent checks for understanding and ongoing feedback to guide instructional decision. During remote instruction formative assessment Can be valuable tool for evaluating and monitoring students performance. It allows real time observation of virtual lessons providing insights into instructional parties students engagement and the use of technology. Administrators can use this information to identify areas for improvement and provide support to teachers.

Alternative measures of teacher effectiveness have also gained prominence during pandemic. The measures focus on aspects beyond traditional evaluation criteria such as adaptability digital literacy and communication skills.

Furthermore students feedback and parent perspectives have become vital and demonstrated creativity in engaging students effectively transitioned to remote instruction and maintains a revaluation.

Conclusions

In conclusion the use of technology is crucial to acknowledge that the evaluation is essential to be taken by utilising the best use of technology for teacher evaluation. The technology helps to not stop the education in the time of COVID 19.