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.
Download or read book Using Multiple Evaluation Measures to Improve Teacher Effectiveness written by Glenda L. Partee and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research shows that an effective teacher is key to student success. But determining what evidence best reflects teacher effectiveness and how this information can be used to improve the quality of teaching are among the significant issues facing public education today. The impetus for meaningful teacher evaluation reform from many sectors set the stage for the major changes the nation is now witnessing in the direction and scope of teacher performance evaluation. Dynamic reforms effecting teacher evaluation and support are now happening in states and school districts. These reforms are inspired in part by the U.S. Department of Education's competitive grant programs, including Race to the Top, which require new standards and assessments in public schools, data systems capable of measuring student growth, and human capital systems designed to recruit, develop, and retain effective teachers. This effort is matched by recent priorities of the Teacher Incentive Fund supporting district-wide evaluation systems that reward teacher success. The Education Department's decision to provide waivers from key provisions of or flexibility within the Elementary and Secondary Education Act--also known as No Child Left Behind--offers a further boost and a framework for states to make these long overdue reforms in a coherent way. Many states are now actively building or implementing educator workforce systems with meaningful evaluation and support systems that are linked to improvements in classroom practices and student achievement. The focus of this report is on one piece of this very large set of transformations: the multiple measures and multiple methods used in new teacher evaluation systems, including the weighting of these measures, to determine a composite score of teacher effectiveness. The data source for this analysis is the plans of 23 second-round waiver applicants approved by the U.S. Department of Education as of August 2012. These include the plans received and approved for Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. The review of these various reform plans indicates that the design and implementation of new systems of evaluation and support are truly works in progress. It's clear that this work will be an iterative process and that it should be open to review and adjustment as new research and the results of pilot implementations surface. For now, the state efforts and the waiver process both represent a rich laboratory of exploration and reform that bears watching for lessons to be learned, as well as for necessary corrections to be made. A few findings have already emerged from this initial review. They include the following: (1) This is hard work that is being approached differently by states while they implement multiple reforms; (2) Measures used to assess educator effectiveness are diverse and cannot be captured by only one or two indicators; (3) States are expanding the measures used to determine teacher effectiveness for nontested grades and subjects; (4) Systems have diverse purposes; and (5) Successful systems need an infrastructure of support. Policy recommendations are offered. (Contains 4 figures, 1 table, and 73 endnotes.).
Download or read book Everyone at the Table written by Ellen Behrstock-Sherratt and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A proven method for working with teachers to design better evaluations There is no magic formula for successfully designing a teacher evaluation system. However there is abundant evidence that suggests involving teachers in the process will reduce the likelihood of opposition, gridlock, and reform failure. Everyone at the Table provides materials to genuinely engage teachers in the evaluation process. The book is a research-based and field-tested practical guide for school leaders. With this resource, educators will have the tools they need to develop meaningful teacher evaluations. Offers a collaborative approach to designing teacher evaluations Includes a companion web-based resource, with video This research-based program outlines a solid plan for improving teacher effectiveness through evaluation reform.
Download or read book Ensuring Effective Instruction written by Vicki Phillips and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers deserve to get the feedback and support that are necessary to make learning as powerful as possible--for both their students and themselves. Based on research from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the experiences of nearly 3,000 teachers across the United States, Vicki Phillips and Lynn Olson reveal multiple ways to identify effective teaching and provide teachers with actionable, reliable information they can trust to continuously improve their performance. Teachers and administrators will learn how and why it's critical to (1) measure effective teaching, (2) ensure high-quality data, and (3) invest in improvement. Armed with practical ideas for getting started at both the school and district levels, Phillips and Olson remind us that the best way to evaluate teaching performance is to use a balanced approach that includes multiple measures.
Download or read book Designing Teacher Evaluation Systems written by Thomas Kane and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT IS EFFECTIVE TEACHING? It’s not enough to say “I know it when I see it” – not when we’re expecting so much more from students and teachers than in the past. To help teachers achieve greater success with their students we need new and better ways to identify and develop effective teaching. The Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project represents a groundbreaking effort to find out what works in the classroom. With funding by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the MET project brought together leading academics, education groups, and 3,000 teachers to study teaching and learning from every angle. Its reports on student surveys, observations, and other measures have shaped policy and practice at multiple levels. This book shares the latest lessons from the MET project. With 15 original studies, some of the field’s most preeminent experts tap the MET project’s unprecedented collection of data to offer new insights on evaluation methods and the current state of teaching in our schools. As feedback and evaluation methods evolve rapidly across the country, Designing Teacher Evaluation Systems is a must read and timely resource for those working on this critical task. PRAISE FOR DESIGNING TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEMS “This book brings together an all-star team to provide true data-driven, policy-relevant guidance for improving teaching and learning. From student achievement to student perceptions, from teacher knowledge to teacher practices, the authors address key issues surrounding the elements of a comprehensive teacher evaluation and improvement system. Highly recommended for anyone seriously interested in reform.” —PETE GOLDSCHMIDT, Assistant Secretary, New Mexico Public Education Department “This book is an invaluable resource for district and state leaders who are looking to develop growth and performance systems that capture the complexity of teaching and provide educators with the feedback needed to develop in their profession.” —TOM BOASBERG, Superintendent, Denver Public Schools “A rare example of practical questions driving top quality research and a must read for anyone interested in improving the quality of teaching.” —ROBERT C. GRANGER, Former President (Ret.), The William T. Grant Foundation “This will be the ‘go to’ source in years to come for those involved in rethinking how teachers will be evaluated and how evaluation can and should be used to increase teacher effectiveness. The superb panel of contributors to this book presents work that is incisive, informative, and accessible, providing a real service to the national efforts around teacher evaluation reform.” —JOHN H. TYLER, Professor of Education, Brown University
Download or read book Getting Teacher Evaluation Right written by Linda Darling-Hammond and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher evaluation systems are being overhauled by states and districts across the United States. And, while intentions are admirable, the result for many new systems is that goodoften excellentteachers are lost in the process. In the end, students are the losers. In her new book, Linda Darling-Hammond makes a compelling case for a research-based approach to teacher evaluation that supports collaborative models of teacher planning and learning. She outlines the most current research informing evaluation of teaching practice that incorporates evidence of what teachers do and what their students learn. In addition, she examines the harmful consequences of using any single student test as a basis for evaluating individual teachers. Finally, Darling-Hammond offers a vision of teacher evaluation as part of a teaching and learning system that supports continuous improvement, both for individual teachers and for the profession as a whole.
Download or read book Understanding Teaching Excellence in Higher Education written by Alan Skelton and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Skelton considers what constitutes excellence in higher education teaching, the central case study being the practice of the UK's most excellent university teachers, as judged by the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme.
Download or read book Teacher Evaluation that Makes a Difference written by Robert J. Marzano and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2013 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Teacher Evaluation That Makes a Difference, Robert J. Marzano and Michael D. Toth introduce a new model of teacher evaluation that takes into account multiple data-rich measures of teacher performance and student growth to ensure fair, meaningful, and reliable evaluations for all teachers.
Download or read book Score to Soar written by John F. Eller and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how to guide and enhance the job performance of teachers in your school or district. The authors share highly practical strategies for providing teachers meaningful feedback and encouraging their improvement. You’ll discover how to evaluate teacher effectiveness, use multiple forms of data for evaluation, and communicate evaluation findings to teachers in a way that fosters their professional growth.
Download or read book Linking Teacher Evaluation and Student Learning written by Pamela D. Tucker and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2005 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tucker and Stronge explore a variety of ways to include measures of student achievement in teacher evaluations, so that teachers can better focus efforts to improve their practice.
Download or read book Enhancing Professional Practice written by Charlotte Danielson and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2007-02-08 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The framework for teaching is a research-based set of components of instruction that are grounded in a constructivist view of learning and teaching. The framework may be used for many purposes, but its full value is realized as the foundation for professional conversations among practitioners as they seek to enhance their skill in the complex task of teaching. The framework may be used as the foundation of a school's or district's recruitment and hiring, mentoring, coaching, professional development, and teacher evaluation processes, thus linking all those activities together and helping teachers become more thoughtful practitioners. The actions teachers can take to improve student learning are clearly identified and fall under four domains of teaching responsibility: Planning and Preparation, the School Environment, Instruction, and Professional Responsibilities. Within the domains are 22 components and 76 descriptive elements that further refine our understanding of what teaching is all about. The framework defines four levels of performance (Unsatisfactory, Basic, Proficient, and Distinguished) for each element, providing a valuable tool that all teachers can use. This second edition has been revised and updated and also includes frameworks for school specialists, such as school nurses, counselors, library and media specialists, and instructional coaches. Comprehensive, clear, and applicable to teaching across the K-12 spectrum, the framework for teaching described in this book is based on the PRAXIS III: Classroom Performance Assessment criteria developed by Educational Testing Service and is compatible with INTASC standards.
Download or read book Meaningful Impact written by Abigail Ramage Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective teachers lead students to improved academic outcomes; therefore, it is critical for the field to understand best practices related to measuring teacher effectiveness. Increasing teacher capacity to positively affect student learning leads to school improvement (Stronge, 2010). When a teacher evaluation system builds teacher efficacy through systematic and rigorous feedback, the evaluation system can contribute to overall school improvement. Current trends support the use of multiple measures of teacher effectiveness (Adnot, Dee, Katz, & Wyckoff, 2017; Darling-Hammond, Amrein-Beardsley, Haertel, & Rothstein, 2012; Jacob, 2012; Phillips & Weingarten, 2013; Rockoff & Speroni, 2010; Steinberg & Kraft, 2017; Steinberg & Sartain, 2015). Multiple-measure teacher evaluation systems are worthy of study because they examine teacher effectiveness, and effective teachers improve students' learning outcomes. Understanding the effective implementation of multiple-measure teacher evaluation systems within Texas is of particular interest due to the 2019 passage of House Bill 3 (HB 3). HB 3 established the Teacher Incentive Allotment, creating a pathway for Texas teachers to earn a six-figure salary (Texas Education Agency, 2019). As Texas districts have been incentivized to implement multiple-measure teacher evaluation systems, understanding the effective implementation of these systems within the state is necessary. This study examined the effectiveness of a multiple-measure teacher evaluation system in an urban school district. Using mixed methods, this study examined The Teacher Appraisal Model (TAM), a multiple-measure teacher evaluation system implemented in a Texas school district, South Independent School District (SISD). Surveys, focus groups, and existing administrative data were used in this study. The epistemological origin of this study is subjectivism, found within the philosophy of interpretivism, as meaning is created from something applied to the object by another source (Crotty, 1998). Process theory (Maxwell, 2013) influenced the interpretation of data and findings. Findings indicate that TAM can help to improve instructional effectiveness when well-implemented. Gaps in perception between teachers and appraisers result from inequitable application of Instructional Domain ratings and diverse views on the value of feedback. Teachers' ratings in the Instructional Domain are greater than their ratings in the Student Outcomes Domain, resulting in misalignment between domain ratings
Download or read book More Than Measurement written by Craig D. Jerald and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher evaluation has emerged as a major focus for reform at the highest levels of education policymaking, and for good reason. Most evaluations are based on scant evidence of actual effectiveness, produce inflated ratings, and provide teachers with little useful feedback. This paper offers policymakers and practitioners important "lessons learned" from TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement. The TAP system is a comprehensive strategy to boost teacher effectiveness through opportunities for career advancement, professional growth, performance evaluation, and competitive compensation. TAP represents the longest sustained and most successful effort to radically transform teacher evaluation using multiple measures, including student achievement gains, in the United States today. Since its inception in 2000-2001, the TAP system has grown to serve over 10,000 teachers and 100,000 students across the country, and it will expand to reach twice that many teachers and students by the 2011-2012 school year. TAP uses a comprehensive approach to teacher evaluation which considers multiple measures of performance including student achievement gains in addition to teachers' instructional practices. Recent analyses have shown that TAP's evaluation system produces much more valid performance ratings than do traditional teacher evaluations. TAP's observational measure of classroom instruction represents a true distribution of teacher performance even before "value-added" student learning gains are calculated. TAP's Training and Certification for Evaluators is appended. (Contains 10 figures.).
Download or read book Teacher Evaluation to Enhance Professional Practice written by Charlotte Danielson and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2000-07-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher evaluation--a term that brings fear, anticipation, stress, anxiety, or even boredom to the hearts of teachers and administrators everywhere. How can we reinvent teacher evaluation so that it really makes a difference--so that everyone in school benefits from it, so that teachers and administrators learn from it, so that students succeed as a result of it? The bad news is that many schools and districts seem to be stuck in old ruts, involving The Observation, The Behavior Checklist, and The Conference. The good news is that many districts have paved the way for teacher evaluation to actually become professional development, by using a three-track evaluation system: * Track I, for beginning teachers, promotes growth and new learning through mentoring, frequent observations, and support systems. * Track II, for tenured teachers--that is, most teachers in the system--promotes professional learning experiences through self-assessment, goal setting, data collection, formative evaluations, study groups, action plans, and evaluation in which teachers play an active role. * Track III, for tenured teachers needing assistance, focuses on remediating difficulties and recommending further action. More good news: Through concrete examples, useful forms, and assessment tools, this book provides a clear roadmap to effective teacher evaluation systems that combine quality assurance with professional development for all teachers. Note: This product listing is for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the book.
Download or read book Incorporating Student Performance Measures Into Teacher Evaluation Systems written by Jennifer L. Steele and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors analyze the systems of three districts and two states that have begun or are planning to incorporate measures of student performance into teacher evaluations. They examine how the systems are addressing assessment quality, evaluating teachers in nontested subjects and grades, and assigning teachers responsibility for particular students. The authors also discuss measurement challenges for policymakers to consider.
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 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foster the development of highly qualified teachers and improve your school′s teaching and learning with solid teacher evaluations! The connection between teacher evaluation fostering school improvement and the development of highly qualified teachers is receiving more attention than ever before. Just as there is a rational connection between school improvement and teacher performance, there is a necessary and rational connection between supporting and cultivating highly qualified teachers through effective evaluations and improving relationships in the school. In this updated edition, top-selling author James H. Stronge and his colleagues synthesize current teacher evaluation research and blend it with practice, highlighting how to: Design a sound teacher evaluation system Assess teacher performance thoroughly and accurately Implement a successful teacher evaluation system Incorporate student performance data, teaching portfolios, and classroom observation into the evaluation process By aligning teaching performance and improvement goals with your school′s mission, this text demonstrates how you can effectively encourage teachers to achieve a high standard of instruction at all levels.
Download or read book Never Work Harder Than Your Students and Other Principles of Great Teaching written by Robyn R. Jackson and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some great teachers are born, but most are self-made. And the way to make yourself a great teacher is to learn to think and act like one. In this updated second edition of the best-selling Never Work Harder Than Your Students, Robyn R. Jackson reaffirms that every teacher can become a master teacher. The secret is not a specific strategy or technique, nor it is endless hours of prep time. It's developing a master teacher mindset—rigorously applying seven principles to your teaching until they become your automatic response: Start where you students are. Know where your students are going. Expect to get your students there. Support your students along the way. Use feedback to help you and your students get better. Focus on quality rather than quantity. Never work harder than your students. In her conversational and candid style, Jackson explains the mastery principles and how to start using them to guide planning, instruction, assessment, and classroom management. She answers questions, shares stories from her own practice and work with other teachers, and provides all-new, empowering advice on navigating external evaluation. There's even a self-assessment to help you identify your current levels of mastery and take control of your own practice. Teaching is hard work, and great teaching means doing the right kind of hard work: the kind that pays off. Join tens of thousands of teachers around the world who have embarked on their journeys toward mastery. Discover for yourself the difference that Jackson's principles will make in your classroom and for your students.
