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Book Synopsis Investigating a Teacher Evaluation System by : Noelle A. Paufler
Download or read book Investigating a Teacher Evaluation System written by Noelle A. Paufler and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing public criticism of traditional teacher evaluation systems based largely on classroom observations has spurred an unprecedented shift in the debate surrounding educational accountability policies, specifically about the purposes for and measures used to evaluate teachers. In response to growing public demand and associated federal mandates, states have been prompted to design and implement teacher evaluation systems that use increasingly available, statistically complex models (i.e., value-added) intended to isolate and measure the effects of individual teachers on student academic growth over time. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of school administrators and teachers within one of the largest school districts in the state of Arizona with regards to the design and implementation of a federally-supported, state policy-directed teacher evaluation system based on professional practice and value-added measures. While much research has been conducted on teacher evaluation, few studies have examined teacher evaluation systems in context to better understand the standards of effectiveness used by school administrators and teachers to measure system effectiveness. The perceptions of school administrators and teachers, considering their lived experiences as the subjects of the nation's new and improved teacher evaluation systems in context, must be better understood if state and federal policymakers are to also better recognize and understand the consequences (intended and unintended) associated with the design and implementation of these systems in practice.
Book Synopsis Investigating Practices of Research-proven Multidimensional Teacher Evaluation Systems in Michigan Schools by : George A. Aramath
Download or read book Investigating Practices of Research-proven Multidimensional Teacher Evaluation Systems in Michigan Schools written by George A. Aramath and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional teacher evaluation systems have little to no impact on changing teacher behavior or improving student achievement. Subsequently, studies and reports show the lack of and need for a multidimensional teacher evaluation system. This deficiency and need is especially evident in Michigan due to the state's recent legislative mandate that their evaluation system must include multiple data as measures of educator effectiveness. The purpose of this study is to investigate and describe how two Michigan public schools are attempting to build a multidimensional teacher evaluation system that includes the new Michigan mandate to incorporate evidence of student learning as a significant element in teacher performance review systems. This study makes use of a qualitative case study design that includes the following sources: interviews of school personnel, review of archival documents and teacher surveys, and observations of the implementation process. The investigation answers five research questions: What strategies and processes are used by these schools in Michigan to build research-supported multidimensional teacher evaluation systems based on Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching? How are schools addressing each of Danielson's four domains of teacher practice? What resources are utilized to implement a multidimensional teacher evaluation system? What challenges do schools face in implementing a multidimensional teacher evaluation system and how are they addressed? What evidences exist that the teacher evaluation system is resulting in positive educational outcomes? National and state reports acknowledge that there are few comprehensive models that exist in meeting Michigan's mandate to build a rigorous, transparent, and fair performance evaluation system. This research study addresses the need to identify and describe promising practices so that it will assist state policy makers, local districts, and individual schools to assess their current evaluation practices in order to determine possible strategies for improvement. An investment to provide all students with a quality education, which includes ensuring that they are taught by a highly effective teachers, has the potential to positively transform the lives of students and communities.
Book Synopsis An Investigation of the Role of a Teacher Evaluation System and Its Influence on Teacher Practice and Professional Growth in Four Urban High Schools by : Princess B. Towe
Download or read book An Investigation of the Role of a Teacher Evaluation System and Its Influence on Teacher Practice and Professional Growth in Four Urban High Schools written by Princess B. Towe and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Investigation of Plans for Teacher Evaluation by : Everett G. Thistle
Download or read book An Investigation of Plans for Teacher Evaluation written by Everett G. Thistle and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Investigation of Teacher Evaluation in Selected Schools in Southern California by : James Arnold Rowe
Download or read book An Investigation of Teacher Evaluation in Selected Schools in Southern California written by James Arnold Rowe and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Does Standards-based Teacher Evaluation Improve Schools? by : Joseph Albert Batchelor
Download or read book Does Standards-based Teacher Evaluation Improve Schools? written by Joseph Albert Batchelor and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Use of Teacher Evaluation for Improving Instruction by : Christian Mathews
Download or read book Use of Teacher Evaluation for Improving Instruction written by Christian Mathews and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the state of New Jersey and nationally, teacher evaluation is a current focus of education reform efforts (Hallinger et al., 2014; Schulman, 2014). A well-executed teacher evaluation system produces data regarding educator effectiveness. It is the intention of the 2012 AchieveNJ teacher evaluation reform law that teacher evaluation data be used to make human capital management decisions, including those associated with the instructional improvement of teachers (NJ DOE, 2014). These teacher evaluation systems (TES) are intended to increase student achievement by improving the quality of teacher practice (Schulman, 2014). Although this fact is established in the literature, it is seen that educators report individual, small group, and school-level instructional improvement programs that are disconnected from their practice and TES data usage (Danielson, 2011; Garret et. al, 2001; Hallinger et. al., 2014; Schulman, 2014; Wilson & Berne, 1999). Using a mixed methods design this investigation seeks to examine how teacher evaluation data in a school reform grant (School System Improvement Project (SSIP); PIs Reddy, Kettler & Kurz) funded by the US Department of Education - Teacher Incentive Fund Program awarded to Rutgers University) is utilized for instructional improvement. School partners in the project include 14 high needs charter schools across the state of New Jersey. The sample included 155 teacher survey respondents, 16 semi-structured teacher interviews, and 11 semi-structured administrator interviews. The Rutgers School Systems Improvement Project (SSIP) is a focused on enhancing Human Capital Management Systems and Teacher Evaluation Systems to improve principal and teacher effectiveness to maximize student growth and achievement. There were two aims of this mixed methods study. The first aim was to examine school administrators' use (nonuse) of teacher evaluation data to inform instructional improvement in educators. The second aim of the study was to examine teachers' experiences with school administrators' use of teacher evaluation data to support instructional improvement. These aims were addressed via qualitative semi-structured interviews of school administrators, semi-structured focus group interviews of teachers, and quantitative analysis of survey data exploring teacher attitudes, beliefs, and experiences regarding teacher evaluation. In addressing the aims of the study, four assertions emerged as supported by both the qualitative and quantitative data results: " Administrators and teachers report data is used to inform collaborative and specific feedback most frequently." Teachers and administrators report TES data is most used individual instructional improvement, specifically informing Professional Development Plans and future development goals." Teachers and administrators report Teacher Evaluation Systems data is sometimes used to inform group and whole school level improvement, but barriers interfere with its use." The barriers of time, knowledge, and training of both administrators and teachers are interfering with data use for instructional improvement. The results of this investigation inform the Rutgers School Systems Improvement Project in current and future support of partner schools in the implementation of teacher evaluation and instructional improvement programs. Recommendations to address these assertions within the problem of practice include improving administrator training, improving administrator onboarding programs, enhanced support surrounding data based decision making, and future study to confirm findings and establish clear generalizability to the broader field.
Book Synopsis An Investigation of Low Performing Central Florida Teacher Evaluation Feedback and Improvement Plans as Related to Value-added Model Scores and Instructional Practice Scores by : Tara Lynn Butler
Download or read book An Investigation of Low Performing Central Florida Teacher Evaluation Feedback and Improvement Plans as Related to Value-added Model Scores and Instructional Practice Scores written by Tara Lynn Butler and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evidence of administrative barriers within the three dimensions of individual conflict avoidance, bureaucratic procedural interferences, and administrative procedural faults were inferred from the literature and subsequent findings. To improve upon the current evaluation system, administrators must be aware of, and well-prepared for the demands of evaluating, remediating, and providing feedback to teaching professionals relative to student achievement and growth in a manner that is simultaneously respectful, candid, fair, timely, and actionable.
Book Synopsis Improving Teacher Evaluation Systems by : Jason A. Grissom
Download or read book Improving Teacher Evaluation Systems written by Jason A. Grissom and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to pull together what we have learned about the impacts and challenges of data-intensive teacher evaluation systemsa defining characteristic of the current education policy landscape. Expert researchers and practitioners speak to what we know (and what remains to be known) about evaluation measures themselves, the implementation of evaluation systems, and the use of evaluation data. The authors argue that rigorous teacher evaluation systems have the potential to promote school improvement but only if the systems are carefully designed and implemented and the data they generate are interpreted and used appropriately. This timely and important volume will be relevant and useful to school and district administrators, policymakers, researchers, and teacher education institutions grappling with issues of teacher accountability and school leadership.
Book Synopsis An Investigation of Teacher Attitudes Toward Teacher Evaluation Programs by : Thomas J. Curran
Download or read book An Investigation of Teacher Attitudes Toward Teacher Evaluation Programs written by Thomas J. Curran and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Investigation Into the Relationship Between Teacher Evaluation and the Interpersonal Compatibility of the Teacher and the Evaluator by : William James Sinatra
Download or read book An Investigation Into the Relationship Between Teacher Evaluation and the Interpersonal Compatibility of the Teacher and the Evaluator written by William James Sinatra and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Investigation of Current Research on Teacher Evaluation Methods and Its Relationship with Practicing Educators' Perceptions by : Kathleen Mae Kilem
Download or read book An Investigation of Current Research on Teacher Evaluation Methods and Its Relationship with Practicing Educators' Perceptions written by Kathleen Mae Kilem and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tennessee Teacher Evaluation Policies Under Race to the Top by : Rachael Elisabeth Gabriel
Download or read book Tennessee Teacher Evaluation Policies Under Race to the Top written by Rachael Elisabeth Gabriel and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher effectiveness has been a rallying cry for education reform over the last decade. The push for policies that aim to increase teacher effectiveness, fire ineffective teachers and recruit or retain effective teachers unite educational stakeholders; yet, specific, operational definitions of effectiveness remain elusive and divisive. It is easy to say that teacher effectiveness is the single most important factor in student achievement, but difficult to say what it means to be effective. In this study I take up a Critical Discursive Psychology (Wetherell, 1998) approach to the text of the current Framework for Teacher Evaluation and Professional Growth in Tennessee and the talk of the Teacher Evaluation Advisory Committee (TEAC)- a 15-member committee appointed to craft a new evaluation policy with Race To The Top funds under the First To the Top Act. My findings suggest that there are polarized interpretative repertoires available for talking and making sense of effectiveness in teaching. These ways of talking about teaching create conflicts and dilemmas within conversations that are managed in patterned ways. Within the talk of the TEAC, patterns in the way dilemmas are managed within conversations include evading and dividing decisions points in ways that support a self-extending system of education reform. My findings suggest that teacher effectiveness is constantly being constructed within conversations, rather than being a single idea that can be singularly and authoritatively defined and handed down. As such I argue that teacher effectiveness policies must purposefully engage individuals at all levels of policy and practice in ongoing conversations about effectiveness in teaching and the evaluation of teaching in order to mediate the unintended consequences of tools for evaluation, and to develop a shared vision of excellence for collaborative progress.
Author :National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Science Investigations and Engineering Design Experiences in Grades 6-12 Publisher : ISBN 13 :9780309482615 Total Pages :290 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (826 download)
Book Synopsis Science and Engineering for Grades 6-12 by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Science Investigations and Engineering Design Experiences in Grades 6-12
Download or read book Science and Engineering for Grades 6-12 written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Science Investigations and Engineering Design Experiences in Grades 6-12 and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Students learn by doing. Science investigation and engineering design provide an opportunity for students to do. When students engage in science investigation and engineering design, they are able to engage deeply with phenomena as they ask questions, collect and analyze data, generate and utilize evidence, and develop models to support explanations and solutions. Research studies demonstrate that deeper engagement leads to stronger conceptual understandings of science content than what is demonstrated through more traditional, memorization-intensive approaches. Investigations provide the evidence student need to construct explanations for the causes of phenomena. Constructing understanding by actively engaging in investigation and design also creates meaningful and memorable learning experiences for all students. These experiences pique students' curiosity and lead to greater interest and identity in science"--Preface.
Book Synopsis Defensible Teacher Evaluation by : Rick Stiggins
Download or read book Defensible Teacher Evaluation written by Rick Stiggins and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meaningful teacher evaluation starts with visible student growth Annual standardized test scores cannot provide evidence of student growth needed to evaluate teacher performance. But consider student growth in the form of evidence derived from classroom assessment and you’re on to something. For assessment expert Rick Stiggins, this can form the basis for a truly productive teacher evaluation strategy. This revolutionary book helps you bring classroom assessment to bear for real school improvement, with A plan for teacher evaluation based, in part, on dependable evidence of student growth Strategies for improving the assessment literacy of teachers and school leaders Five steps for developing and implementing productive local district assessment systems Practical tools that teachers and their evaluators can put to use immediately In this era of aggressive teacher evaluation reform, where teachers are charged with preparing ALL students to master 21st century proficiencies, the measurement of teacher success must start where learning happens—in the classroom. "Developing a fair, practical, and effective teacher evaluation system is like climbing a high mountain: it’s impossible until someone finds a route. That’s what Rick does in this book. He identifies the immense challenges associated with using evidence on student learning as the principal criteria in teacher evaluation and then offers practical guidance for overcoming those challenges. He hasn’t made the climb easy, but he shows us the way." —Thomas R. Guskey, Professor of Educational Psychology University of Kentucky "Rick Stiggins builds a compelling case for the development of a solid foundation of assessment competence throughout our educational system." —Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Stanford University
Author :Kentucky. General Assembly. Legislative Research Commission. Committee for Program Review and Investigation Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :152 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Program Evaluation, Kentucky's Teacher Preparation System by : Kentucky. General Assembly. Legislative Research Commission. Committee for Program Review and Investigation
Download or read book Program Evaluation, Kentucky's Teacher Preparation System written by Kentucky. General Assembly. Legislative Research Commission. Committee for Program Review and Investigation and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Investigation of Possible Differences in Teacher Evaluations Between Principals and Trained Evaluators by : Val Tsuchiya
Download or read book An Investigation of Possible Differences in Teacher Evaluations Between Principals and Trained Evaluators written by Val Tsuchiya and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
