When we talk about teacher evaluation through the Learning Forward lens, our goal is that standards-based professional learning will provide the context for how school and district leaders respond to the data that evaluation systems generate. As David Steele, chief information and technology officer of Hillsborough County (Fla.) Public Schools, says, “Teacher evaluation is the centerpiece to the extent that it gets publicized in that way, but any of us would say the professional development is the centerpiece” (see “Measurement makeover”). However, not every school system takes this holistic view or uses this kind of language. In different systems and contexts, the professional learning sidekick to teacher evaluation is labeled and framed in ways that portray an entirely different attitude. As a result, some teachers envision