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
