At the moment of the 12 year basic education policy curriculum guideline going to be implemented, it is worthy and important to integrate the national curriculum core concepts into current educational evaluation. The main purpose of this research is to explore the feasibility of transforming the national curriculum key concepts into current indicators of teacher evaluation for professional development, and then to organize a concise set of quality school development indicators mainly based on student learning. There are three aims in this study: 1. To realize the development and current situations of the teacher evaluation for professional development. 2. To analyze the correspondences between the national curriculum key concepts and the indicators of teacher evaluation for professional development. 3. To investigate the possible strategies for improving the teacher evaluation for professional development.
The methods of focus group interview were adopted in the study and 6 scholars and school administrators were interviewed. The following five conclusions were made according to the study findings: 1. Professional standards for teachers would be the foundation which transformed the teacher evaluation for professional development into supporting system for teacher professional development. 2. There are highly correspondences between the national curriculum key concepts and the indicators of teacher evaluation for professional development. 3. Three indicators of teacher evaluation for professional development are correspondent with the national curriculum key concepts in ‘curriculum design and implement’ dimension. 4. Eight indicators of teacher evaluation for professional development are correspondent with the national curriculum key concepts in ‘teachers' teaching and developing’ dimension. 5. Two indicators of teacher evaluation for professional development are correspondent with the national curriculum key concepts in ‘students' learning and enabling’ dimension. Recommendations for government’s policy, school leaders and teachers, and future study were proposed according to the conclusions.