Teacher Quality

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Commentary

Value-Added Evaluation Hurts Teaching

Linda Darling-Hammond says new teacher-evaluation methods are needed, but judging teachers based on student test scores does more harm than good. (March 5, 2012)

Spotlight on Teacher Evaluation

Assessing teacher performance is a complicated issue and this Spotlight examines ways to assess teaching and efforts to improve teacher evaluation.

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05/23 05:45 pm | Iowa Bill Creates Teacher Career-Ladder Program | Iowa teachers will have the opportunity to assume new roles as "model," "mentor," and "lead" teachers, along with additional pay, under a bill passed May 22 and headed to the ...

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05/23 03:30 pm | New Thinking on the Costs of Punitive Discipline | New research finds that harsh punishments can help students "internalize" moral norms but that they do so at a dual cost.

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Quality Counts 2008

This report includes a number of new indicators that look at incentives to attract and keep people in the teaching profession, among other things.

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Commentary
Why Educators' Wages Must Be Revamped Now
With budgets tight, states must link teacher pay to student achievement, Eric A. Hanushek writes.
February 5, 2013 - Education Week
Teachers' Ratings Still High Despite New Measures
Even with changes to evaluation systems, only subtle differences emerge between the best and the weakest teachers—as well as all those in the middle.
February 5, 2013 - Education Week
States Lack Data on Principals, Study Says
A survey finds that states have little to go on when it comes to evaluating the job school principals are doing.
February 4, 2013 - Education Week
Race to Top Winners Make Progress, Face Challenges, Ed. Dept. Reports
The majority of winners in the $4 billion Race to the Top competition are struggling with evaluation and data systems, the U.S. Education Department's second annual progress report on the program says.
February 1, 2013 - Education Week
Letter to the Editor
Teacher Training Needs New Focus
January 23, 2013 - Education Week
Commentary
Probing the Science of Value-Added Evaluation
Value-added evaluation does not meet scientific standards, when looked at from a medical vantage, R. Barker Bausell writes.
January 15, 2013 - Education Week
Combined Measures Better at Gauging Teacher Effectiveness, Study Finds
Basing more than half a teacher's evaluation on student test scores seemed to compromise it, researchers also found.
January 8, 2013 | Updated: January 18, 2013 - Education Week
State Chiefs to Examine Teacher Prep, Licensing
Education commissioners from 25 states have vowed to update their systems for preparing and credentialing teachers.
December 17, 2012 | Updated: January 9, 2013 - Education Week
Teachers' Union Pushes Higher Bar for Educators
The American Federation of Teachers wants stricter training-program entry criteria and a "universal assessment" for teacher-candidates.
December 11, 2012 - Education Week
Fla. Teachers Score Well in New State Evaluation System
The state’s Department of Education released its first report on new, controversial evaluations for teachers Wednesday.
December 5, 2012 - McClatchy-Tribune

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