Giving Compass' Take:

• Chalkbeat discusses a new study that suggests teacher evaluation overhauls may have had an even greater impact on principals than initially intended, possibly worsening school relationships.

• Will this prompt a closer look at the teacher evaluation system? How can those in the education sector create a more robust conversation around this issue?

• Read more about the effects of new teacher evaluations and tenure rules.

Teacher evaluation overhauls were supposed to reshape the teaching profession. New research suggests they may have had an even greater impact on what it means to be a school principal.

As policymakers overhauled teacher rating systems in the last decade, principals began spending much more of their time watching teachers in action and talking to them about how to improve. But the shift also overwhelmed them with work, stopped them from fulfilling other responsibilities in their schools, and weakened their relationships with teachers.

Those are some of the takeaways of a study based on interviews with dozens of principals in six districts that revamped how teachers were evaluated in the last decade ...

While the systems’ adoption often precipitated significant pushback and in some cases have been rolled back, they remain in force in many places — and their long-term consequences are only now becoming clear.

Read the full article about teacher evaluations and principals by Matt Barnum and Philissa Cramer at Chalkbeat.