AB 533

Current law directs school districts to administer certain standardized

examinations to pupils enrolled in the 4th, 8th, and 10th grades. Current law

prohibits a school board from using the results of the examinations to evaluate

teacher performance; to discharge, suspend, or formally discipline a teacher; or as

the reason for the nonrenewal of a teacher's contract.

This bill allows the results of the state-required standardized examinations

and the standardized examinations required under the federal No Child Left Behind

Act to be used for the evaluation of teacher performance if certain conditions are met.

The school board must develop a teacher evaluation plan that includes a description

of the evaluation process, multiple criteria in addition to examination results, the

rationale for using examination results for evaluating teachers, and an explanation

of how the school board intends to use the evaluations to improve pupil academic

achievement. This bill also requires a school district to bargain collectively over the

development of the teacher evaluation plan.