Educator Effectiveness
Act 13 of 2020 
, signed into law by Gov. Tom Wolf on March 27, 2020, revises the Act 82 Educator Effectiveness (EE) process used to evaluate professional employees and temporary professional employees in PK-12 education across the commonwealth. Effective the 2021-2022 school year, the revised rating system applies to classroom teachers, nonteaching professionals, and principals as defined in Act 82 and Act 13:
- Classroom teachers, defined as professional employees or temporary professional employees who provide direct instruction to students related to a specific subject or grade level.
- Nonteaching professionals, defined as professional employees or temporary professional employees who are education specialists or provide services and who is not a classroom teacher.
- Principals, defined as principals, assistant or vice principals, and directors of career & technical education. NOTE: Supervisors of special education (non-teaching professionals under Act 82) are considered principals for the purposes of Act 13.
Questions related to Act 13 may be directed to RA-PDE-Evaluation@pa.gov
Questions related to PEERS should be directed to pdepvaas@iu13.org.
Effective June 17, 2022, Educator Effectiveness rating forms will be available through PEERS. The PEERS rating forms will offer a secure, stable option.
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Toolkit
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Frameworks for Observation & Practice
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Performance Templates
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Examples from the Field & Self-Reflection
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Rating Forms (PEERS)
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Professional Development
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Training Schedule
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Student Performance Measure
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The SPMs below are samples from the field and include measures useful in assessing student achievement. PDE does not recommend any specific SPM goals; all curricular and instructional decisions are made at the local level.
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Self-Reflection Guides
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The purpose of this guide is to scaffold and support the process of teacher self-reflection, while at the same time inform the identification and completion of the Act 13 LEA Selected Measure Student Performance (SPM) template.
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