Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 11-1138.2. State rating tool

In determining whether a professional employee shall be dismissed for unsatisfactory teaching performance as provided for in section 1122(a),  1 and in rating professional employees and temporary professional employees, each professional employee and temporary professional employee shall be rated through the use of a rating tool approved by the department in consultation with education experts, parents of school-age children enrolled in a public school, teachers and administrators, including research and collaboration conducted by the department.