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Exactly what I needed." That's how Principal Ramirez described the new teacher evaluation system her district was piloting. With training and support on using her district's framework for evaluating teacher performance, Ramirez became accustomed to using evidence to rate her teachers' practice and was enthusiastic about the system's potential for improving their instruction. (All names in this article are pseudonyms.) Moving teacher evaluation systems from measuring teachers' performance to improving their practice requires much greater attention to communication and support.