The Iowa Teaching Standards appear in Iowa Code section 284.3. The Model Criteria were developed by the Iowa Department of Education with input from stakeholders and adopted by the State Board of Education on 5/10/02. Changes to the criteria were adopted by the State Board of Education on 5/13/10. The amendments strengthen Iowa’s commitment to using student performance data to evaluate educators. They
specifically address 281--Iowa Administrative Code 83, Teacher and Administrator Quality Programs.