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Teacher Assessment and the Quest for Teacher Quality

Author : Mary Kennedy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470388331
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Teacher Assessment and the Quest for Teacher Quality written by Mary Kennedy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TEACHER ASSESSMENT AND THE QUEST FOR TEACHER QUALITY Teacher Assessment and the Quest for Teacher Quality is an essential resource that provides school leaders, administrators, and teacher educators with a wide range of perspectives on the complex issue of teacher quality. The book examines assessment in the context of preparation, licensure, hiring, tenure, and even dismissal and explores a wealth of relevant topics. Comprehensive in scope, the handbook includes contributions from leading experts in the field of teacher quality and teacher assessment. This important book contains basic information on a variety of approaches to teacher assessment and teacher quality topics including the science and psychology of teacher selection, performance-based assessments, and hiring decisions. In addition, the contributors explore the role of formative assessments in new teacher induction, assessing for teacher tenure, various approaches to annual performance assessments, assessing teacher contributions to student achievement, and the law regarding teacher dismissals. The expert authors also tackle broader assessment issues including the interpretation of assessments, standards for teacher evaluation, and the inherent dilemma posed by measuring the quality of teaching. For the goal of ensuring quality teaching for all our students, Teacher Assessment and the Quest for Teacher Quality is an important resource and a lasting contribution to the literature on the topic.

Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality

Author : Drew H. Gitomer
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1452278733
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality written by Drew H. Gitomer and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008-11-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering perspectives focused on the meaningful goal of measuring and assessing teacher quality, Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality brings together leading researchers and practitioners from the fields of education, economics and policy who contribute provocative, illuminating, and coherent articles that explore key issues surrounding this vital topic. Features: Provides an in-depth examination of three thematic sections: Measuring Teaching Quality for Professional Entry, Measuring Teaching Quality in Practice, Measuring Teaching Quality in Context Includes section summaries by Drew Gitomer that highlight key issues and common themes that tie the articles together Closes with a summary and call to action by Lee Shulman, President of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality is must reading for principals, educational administrators, and policymakers concerned with the dynamics of improving teacher quality.

The Metrics of Teacher Effectiveness and Teacher Quality Research

Author : Andrew Skourdoumbis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000051021
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Metrics of Teacher Effectiveness and Teacher Quality Research written by Andrew Skourdoumbis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most developed nations measure the performance of teachers in audit evaluations of school productivity. Accountability metrics such as "teacher effectiveness" and "teacher quality" dominate evaluations of student outcomes and shape education policy. The Metrics of Teacher Effectiveness and Teacher Quality Research explores how these metrics distort analyses of student achievement, sideline broader contextual and systemic influences on learning, reinforce input-output analysis of schooling, and skew the educational debate. Focusing on recent phases of school education policy reform, this book utilizes qualitative data from classroom teacher participants to examine how and why issues of teacher effectiveness and teacher quality figure so prominently in policy reform and why pressing matters of social class, school funding, and broader contextual influences are downplayed. The authors use this information to suggest how teachers can develop their role as pedagogic experts in a highly scrutinized environment. This book will be of great interest to education academics and postgraduate students specializing in teacher performance, accountability and governance.

Improving Teacher Quality

Author : Sabrina W. Laine
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470933755
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Improving Teacher Quality written by Sabrina W. Laine and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Techniques for the difficult task of improving teacher quality No one stakeholder group can realize lasting change on their own; nor can any reform initiative focusing on just one type of strategy create the workplace conditions needed to truly build capacity within the education profession. Rather, stakeholders must focus on collaborating, reaching common understanding, and prioritizing for ultimate impact on the quality of teachers and teaching. This book discusses research and concrete examples of practice tied to teacher quality intended to improve eight key interrelated factors: Preparation; Recruitment; Hiring; Induction; Professional Development; Compensation and Incentives; Working Conditions; and Performance Management. Offers a framework and strategies for understanding the issues that make up the teacher quality question Written for educational leaders, superintendents, district administrators, teacher leaders, and principals, as well as policy-makers and other stakeholders Filled with illustrative examples teacher quality The author addresses the most important factor that affects student achievement-the quality of the teacher.

Teacher Evaluation

Author : Kenneth D. Peterson
Publisher : Corwin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Teacher Evaluation written by Kenneth D. Peterson and published by Corwin. This book was released on 1995-08-03 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features in this comprehensive guide and reference include chapters on using national standards, improved forms, and district-level principles, and developments in using pupil achievement data. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

The New Handbook of Teacher Evaluation

Author : Jason Millman
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1483303810
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book The New Handbook of Teacher Evaluation written by Jason Millman and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 1989-12-01 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paper, this version is the first comprehensive look at the process of selecting, assessing and assisting teachers in nearly a decade. Since the publication of the first Handbook, the profession of teaching has witnessed dramatic change including a greater awareness of teacher accountability, an increase in teacher testing and the development of teaching incentives. At the same time the political, social and organizational factors affecting the performance and evaluation of teachers have been subjects of intensive scrutiny. Reflecting these changes, the new Handbook contains 25 new chapters, and explores current practices, issues and controversies related to the evaluation of teachers at elementary and secondary levels.

Teacher Performance Assessment and Accountability Reforms

Author : Julie H. Carter
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137560002
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Teacher Performance Assessment and Accountability Reforms written by Julie H. Carter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2017 AESA Critic's Choice Book Award This book provides multiple perspectives on the dual struggle that teacher educators currently face as they make sense of edTPA while preparing their pre-service teachers for this high stakes teacher exam. The adoption of nationalized teacher performance exams has raised concerns about the influence of corporate interests in teacher education, the objectivity of nationalized teaching standards, and ultimately the overarching political and economic interests shaping the process, format, and nature of assessment itself. Through an arc of scholarship from various perspectives, this book explores a range of questions about the goals and interests at work in the roll out of the edTPA assessment and gives voice to those most affected by these policy changes, teacher educators, and teacher education students.

Teacher Quality

Author : Williamson F. Evers
Publisher : Hoover Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0817929339
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Teacher Quality written by Williamson F. Evers and published by Hoover Institution Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book some of the brightest minds in education research have studied pressing questions about teacher quality and practices, reviewed thousands of education studies, examined state test scores, explored education theories, and then affirmed that we know what works. We must now ensure that the system provides the best possible education for kids.

Evaluating Teaching

Author : James H. Stronge
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1483334171
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Evaluating Teaching written by James H. Stronge and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2005-11-02 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable resource demonstrates how to foster the development of highly qualified teachers through designing and implementing a solid teacher evaluation system.

Tests and Teaching Quality

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309069467
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Tests and Teaching Quality written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-05-14 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving the quality of teaching in elementary and secondary schools is now high on the nation's educational policy agenda. Policy makers at the state and federal levels have focused on initiatives designed to improve the abilities of teachers already in schools and increase the numbers of well-qualified teachers available to fill current and future vacancies. Tests and Teaching Quality is an interim report of a study investigating the technical, educational, and legal issues surrounding the use of tests for licensing teachers. This report focuses on existing tests and their use.

Performance-Based Assessment in 21st Century Teacher Education

Author : Winter, Kim K.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522583548
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Performance-Based Assessment in 21st Century Teacher Education written by Winter, Kim K. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performance-based assessments can provide an adequate and more direct evaluation of teaching ability. As performance-based assessments become more prevalent in institutions across the United States, there is an opportunity to begin more closely analyzing the impact of standardized performance assessments and the relationship to variables such as success entering the workforce, program re-visioning for participating institutions, and the perceptions and efficacy of teacher candidates themselves. Performance-Based Assessment in 21st Century Teacher Education is a collection of innovative research that explores meaningful and engaging performance-based assessments and its applications and addresses larger issues of assessment including the importance of a balanced approach of assessing knowledge and skills. The book also offers tangible structures for making strong connections between theory and practice and offers advice on how these assessments are utilized as data sources related to preservice teacher performance. While highlighting topics including faculty engagement, online programs, and curriculum mapping, this book is ideally designed for educators, administrators, principals, school boards, professionals, researchers, faculty, and students.

Evaluating America’s Teachers

Author : W. James Popham
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1483307557
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Evaluating America’s Teachers written by W. James Popham and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When teacher evaluations are fair, everyone wins. Poor evaluation systems don’t just hurt teachers—they hurt students, too. That’s why America can’t afford to wait for the teacher-evaluation problem to be solved. To provide balanced, accurate, and rigorous evaluations that take into account each teacher’s particular circumstances, only one system can work: evidence-governed collegial judgment. This book includes: A discussion of common evaluation systems, including testing, value-added models, and observations Analysis of federal guidelines and state responses Action steps teachers and school leaders can take to influence policy A clear rationale and strategies for implementing a teacher evaluation model based on human judgment

Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality

Author : ETS Invitational Conference
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781483329857
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality written by ETS Invitational Conference and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive text that allows headteachers and school mamangers to monitor teacher quality.

Teacher Evaluation in Second Language Education

Author : Amanda Howard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472506901
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Teacher Evaluation in Second Language Education written by Amanda Howard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective language learning depends on effective instruction. In order to investigate whether or not this is taking place, teachers' classroom pedagogical practices, both in-service and pre-service, are frequently monitored by means of observation and feedback. However, research indicates that although this process has potential value for teacher learning and development, there are also a number of attendant problems and it is therefore important that practitioners share their experience with others in the field in order to expand the existing knowledge base. This volume investigates participant experiences, looking beyond the materials used and examining the way in which language teachers are evaluated and supported throughout their careers. Particular attention is given to the practices and frameworks involved, outlining key approaches and discussing tools for investigation and collaboration. The book highlights the importance of the use of talk to foster reflection and teacher learning, the value of learning from experienced others and the importance of giving voice to all those involved in the process of development and evaluation.

Implementing and Analyzing Performance Assessments in Teacher Education

Author : Joyce E. Many
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1641131217
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Implementing and Analyzing Performance Assessments in Teacher Education written by Joyce E. Many and published by IAP. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher education has long relied on locally-developed assessments that lack reliability and validity. Rigorous performance-based assessments for preservice teachers have been advanced as one possible way to ensure that all students receive instruction from a high-quality teacher. Recently, performance-based assessments have been developed which focus on the application of knowledge of teaching and learning in a classroom setting. Our book explores factors related to the implementation of teacher performance assessments in varying state and institutional contexts. The contributors, teacher educators from across the country, focus on what was learned from inquiries conducted using diverse methodologies (quantitative, qualitative, self-studies, and mixed methods). Their research encompassed faculty, supervisors, cooperating teachers, and students’ perceptions and concerns of teacher performance assessments, case studies of curricular reform and/or resistance, analyses of experiences and needs as a result of the adoption of such assessments, and examinations of the results of program alignment and reform. The chapters showcase experiences which occurred during high-stakes situations, in implementation periods prior to high-stakes adoption, and in contexts where programs adopted performance assessments as an institutional policy rather than as a result of a state-wide mandate. Endorsements The chapters compiled for Implementing and Analyzing Performance Assessments in Teacher Education edited by Joyce E. Many and Ruchi Bhatnagar, present a thoughtful look at the challenges and solutions embedded in the adoption of teacher performance assessments for preservice teachers. Most chapters feature edTPA, the most commonly used performance assessment now mandated in numerous states and used voluntarily by other programs across the country, and reveal how such assessments shine a bright light on the problems of practice in teacher preparation (stressful timelines, faculty silos, communication with P-12 partners, etc.) when new requirements disrupt the status quo. Each chapter tells a valuable story of performance assessment implementation and approaches that offset compliance in favor of inquiry and educative experiences for candidates and programs alike. Andrea Whittaker, Ph.D edTPA National Director Stanford University Graduate School of Education UL-SCALE Many and Bhatnagar launch the AAPE book series with a curated volume highlighting the contexts in which teacher educators implement and utilize performance assessments in educator preparation. Together, the chapters present research from various viewpoints—from candidates, faculty, university supervisors, and clinical partners—using diverse methodologies and approaches. The volume contributes significantly to the program assessment research landscape by providing examples of how performance assessments inform preparation at the intersection of praxis and research, and campus and field. These chapters provide a critical foundation for teacher educators eager to leverage performance assessments to improve their programs. Diana B. Lys, EdD. Assistant Dean of Educator Preparation and Accreditation School of Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Improving Teacher Evaluation Systems

Author : Jason A. Grissom
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807774502
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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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 gather and address what we have learned about the impacts and challenges of data-intensive teacher evaluation systems—a defining characteristic of the current education policy landscape. Book Features: Contributions by scholars working at the cutting edge of research and pioneering leaders directly involved in the implementation of teacher evaluation systems.Examination of the challenges and impact multiple measures-based evaluations are having on teaching and learning. Empirical research on the reliability and validity of evaluation measures, including classroom observation instruments, value-added measures, student surveys, and teacher portfolios. Contributors include: Ryan Balch, Marisa Cannata, Casey D. Cobb, Julie Cohen, Sean P. Corcoran, Morgaen L. Donaldson, Tim Drake, Dan Goldhaber, Ellen Goldring, Bridget K. Hamre, Gary T. Henry, Nathan D. Jones, Venessa A. Keesler, Susanna Loeb, Robert C. Pianta, Min Sun, Andrea Whittaker “Grissom and Youngs collect our best research-based knowledge on the topic in a smart, accessible volume that sets the standard in the field.” —John Tyler, Brown University “An insightful guide to new teacher evaluation systems. The contributions from individual authors couple what we know about measurement quality in these systems with a valuable first look at on-the-ground implementation.” —Heather Hill, Harvard Graduate School of Education “One of the most significant recent changes in school district administration has been the widespread development and implementation of teacher evaluation systems based on pupil performance and other measures. This book brings together top scholars who identify key issues, providing insights into possible benefits and perils.” —Robert E. Floden, Michigan State University

Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030906998X
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-08-12 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Science Education Standards address not only what students should learn about science but also how their learning should be assessed. How do we know what they know? This accompanying volume to the Standards focuses on a key kind of assessment: the evaluation that occurs regularly in the classroom, by the teacher and his or her students as interacting participants. As students conduct experiments, for example, the teacher circulates around the room and asks individuals about their findings, using the feedback to adjust lessons plans and take other actions to boost learning. Focusing on the teacher as the primary player in assessment, the book offers assessment guidelines and explores how they can be adapted to the individual classroom. It features examples, definitions, illustrative vignettes, and practical suggestions to help teachers obtain the greatest benefit from this daily evaluation and tailoring process. The volume discusses how classroom assessment differs from conventional testing and grading-and how it fits into the larger, comprehensive assessment system.