Michigan Teachers Score A+ Effectiveness Rating
Teachers across Michigan earned a 97.55% effectiveness rating during the 2024-25 school year. The Michigan Department of Education released this data on Dec. 22. The rating system underwent changes this…
Teachers across Michigan earned a 97.55% effectiveness rating during the 2024-25 school year. The Michigan Department of Education released this data on Dec. 22.
The rating system underwent changes this year. Past years divided teachers into four groups: highly effective, effective, minimally effective, and ineffective. This year's results showed only the percentage of educators reported as effective in development and needing support.
A breakdown by MLive Media revealed something interesting. Teachers have scored as effective or higher at a rate of 98% or 99% throughout the past decade. Only the first year of the pandemic disrupted this pattern.
During 2019-20, just 45% of teachers and instructional staff were considered effective and highly effective. Evaluations weren't required then, which might explain the drop. That number bounced back to 99.3% effectiveness in 2020-21, then 99.07% in 2021-22, followed by 98.44% in 2022-23, and 98.57% in 2023-24.
About 350 school districts and public academies achieved a perfect 100% effectiveness rating. Another 500 schools and districts landed between 90% and 99%.
Local districts decide how to weigh factors when evaluating teachers and administrators each year. Those factors often include absenteeism, classroom management, content knowledge, instructional practices and leadership, pedagogical knowledge and practice, principal and supervisor evaluations, professional development and responsibilities, providing appropriate support, and student achievement and growth measures.
Some schools fell below the statewide average. Nineteen individual schools had effective ratings below 60%. Almost half are in Wayne County. Detroit Public Safety Academy reached 18.18% of 11 teachers, while Old Redford Academy reached 26.42% of 53 teachers.
Starting this school year, teachers or administrators rated as highly effective for three consecutive annual year-end evaluations can be evaluated every two years instead. The school or district makes that choice.
