The Marzano Evaluation Center gives district and school leaders a research-backed evaluation system their teachers trust, their boards can defend, and their state will approve – without the complexity that derails implementation.
DISTRICT EVALUATION DIAGNOSTIC
What You’ll Get
A structured self-assessment you can complete in one sitting — and share with your leadership team.
18 Questions
Across 6 areas — from what your rubric measures to how teachers experience evaluation season
Each question scores 1–4.
Your Results
Four plain-language bands from Compliance Mode to High-Functioning System — with an honest read on what your score means for your teachers and your district.
A Shareable Format
Designed to be used in a leadership team conversation — not just filed away. Bring it to your cabinet, your board, or your next strategic planning session.
INSIDE THE DIAGNOSTIC
Six Areas. One Clear Picture
Each area targets a specific dimension of your evaluation system that determines whether it drives growth or just generates paperwork.
What your evaluation actually measures
Does your rubric connect teacher actions to what students actually learn?
Observer reliability and calibration
Could two principals score the same classroom the same way?
The feedback loop
Is the feedback teachers receive specific enough to act on?
Evaluation meets PD
Is your professional development built from your observation data?
Time burden on administrators
Is your evaluation process making administrators compliance officers?
Scoring fairness
Does your scoring model reward growth — or penalize teachers for improving?
Data from over 277,000 classroom observations*. If your evaluation model
isn’t surfacing that gap, it’s measuring compliance — not growth.
47%
of instructional time goes to lecture, practice, and review
4.2%
involves the cognitively complex tasks rigorous standards require
COMMON QUESTIONS
Before you take the diagnostic
Answers to how the diagnostic works, what it measures, and what your results mean.
What is the district evaluation diagnostic?
The district evaluation diagnostic is a free self-assessment that helps district leaders determine whether their current teacher evaluation system is driving growth or simply documenting compliance. It produces a plain-language result you can bring directly into a leadership team, cabinet, or board conversation.
How many questions are in the diagnostic, and how long does it take?
The diagnostic includes 18 questions across 6 areas, each scored on a 1 to 4 scale. It is designed to be completed in one sitting.
What areas does the diagnostic assess?
The diagnostic covers six areas: what your evaluation actually measures, observer reliability and calibration, the feedback loop teachers receive, whether evaluation data informs professional development, the time burden evaluation places on administrators, and whether the scoring model rewards or penalizes teacher growth.
What do the diagnostic results tell us?
esults are grouped into four plain-language bands, from Compliance Mode to High-Functioning System, each with an honest read on what the score means for teachers and for the district. The format is designed to be shared and discussed with a leadership team, not simply filed away."
Do we need to log in or provide district information before starting the diagnostic?
No login is required to take the diagnostic.
Is the district evaluation diagnostic free?
Yes. The diagnostic is a free tool provided by the Marzano Evaluation Center.
