To my #edreform friends we need to rebalance teacher evaluation rubrics

I know the goal is to have one universal rubric of effective practice for each school district. Yet after evaluating over 200 teachers and working with numerous rubrics and frameworks I have come to realize the instruments are tilted heavily towards better performance in lower grades.

Especially if classroom climate is an entire domain. I am sorry but it is easier to keep 2nd graders enraptured in content than it is a classroom full of thirteen year olds.

Same holds true at high school if classes are leveled. An AP English Lit class is just going to have a different environment than a "level 2" class.

Not sure the solution, just recognizing the problem.