What Makes an Effective Teacher?

In response to:  "Measuring a Teacher's Effectiveness Goes Beyond Test Scores."

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teacher-effectiveness-measuring-test-scores-elena-aguilar

In this blog post by Elena Aguilar I was happy to read that parents do care more than just test scores when it comes to evaluating what makes an effective classroom teacher.  To a classroom teacher today, it seems that all that matters to administrators are the test scores of students.  If the test scores in a classroom were not to the standards set by the school, then the teacher must not be doing their job.  I agree with Aguilar that part of a teacher's yearly evaluation should be based on student feedback.  The life lessons that teachers share with students on a daily basis are so important for kids, but are overlooked by administration and much of society because the focus is solely on test scores.  Good to see that some parents care more about their child's education that just test scores.