Spotlight on Teacher Evaluation

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The Education Week Spotlight on Teacher Evaluation is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors including:

  • Examining value-added measurements of teacher effectiveness
  • Assessing teachers with peer review processes
  • Evaluating teacher-candidates with pre-licensing exams
  • Using student feedback to assess teaching

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Wanted: Ways to Assess the Majority of Teachers
Nationwide, most teach subjects or in grades in which value-added data are unavailable.
January 31, 2011 - Education Week

Gates Analysis Offers Clues to Identification of Teacher Effectiveness
Preliminary findings show that value-added histories and student perceptions of teachers strongly predict teacher performance.
January 11, 2011 - Education Week

State Group Piloting Teacher Prelicensing Exam
Nineteen states have joined forces on the assessment, which would be used to judge teacher-candidates’ classroom effectiveness.
August 30, 2010 - Education Week

Report: Six Steps for Upgrading Teacher Evaluation Systems
Current teacher evaluation systems are flawed, but could be improved with six new design standards, according to a recent report.
October 8, 2010 - Teacher (Web)

In Perspective
Peer Review Undergoing Revitalization
An old concept that calls for teachers to assess their own is gaining traction as evaluation comes under the national spotlight.
November 12, 2009 - Education Week

Commentary
Moving Beyond Test Scores
Karen Hawley Miles and Karen Baroody believe that redesigning teacher-evaluation systems has the potential to transform the profession.
January 18, 2011 - Education Week

My Students Help Assess My Teaching
English teacher, blogger, and author Larry Ferlazzo says no one can tell you how to do your job better than your students can.
January 12, 2011 - Teacher

Commentary
Taking Teacher Evaluation to Extremes
School superintendent Kenneth Mitchell offers a pointed take on what it would be like if all teachers were evaluated according to value-added measurement systems.
December 17, 2010 - Education Week

Commentary
Value-Added: It's Not Perfect, But It Makes Sense
Members of the Brookings Brown Center Task Group on Teacher Quality explain why value-added measures should be considered when evaluating teachers.
December 15, 2010 - Education Week

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