State teacher evaluation plans

This color-coded map shows the status of efforts to link teacher evaluations to student performance, which might include student test scores or grades over time. All of the information comes from each state's department of education, except for Wyoming and New Hampshire, where data was provided by the states' teachers' unions. Click any state to see its status.

Color Code:

Dark Blue = State links teacher evaluations to student performance or plans to

Light Blue = State is considering such a link or is in the early planning stages

Red =  State has decided against linking teacher evaluations to student performance