2025 Tennessee Educator Survey Snapshot: Teacher Evaluation

The 2025 Tennessee Educator Survey Snapshots offer quick, accessible insights from educators on some of the most important issues in our schools—including artificial intelligence, cell phone policies, student discipline, match curriculum and supports, career and technical education, early career teachers, and teacher evaluation and retention. These one-pagers highlight what teachers are seeing and experiencing right now, providing valuable perspective to inform conversations about policy and practice across the state.

• Key Insight #1: Over 8 in 10 teachers and 9 in 10 early-career teachers agreed that teacher evaluation helps them improve their teaching.
• Key Insight #2: Administrators reported spending about 15% of their time on tasks related to teacher evaluation.
• Key Insight #3: Nearly 90% of administrators reported that teacher evaluation ratings are used to a moderate or large extent for setting goals for student achievement and identifying areas for professional development.