Teacher Quality

The latest news about teacher quality, including articles, Commentaries, and special features.

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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Teacher Beat Blog

07/31 05:05 pm | Walton Expands TFA Grants With $20M More | The Walton Foundation re-ups its support for Teach For America.

Teaching Now Blog

08/01 02:34 pm | Poll: Teacher Engagement Starts Low, Worsens With Time | K-12 teachers in the U.S. tend to become less engaged in their work after their first year, according to a new Gallup poll.

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Enhancing Teacher Effectiveness
In this webinar, our guests discussed the impact of, and best strategies for, enhancing teacher effectiveness.

Special Collection

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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Done right, evaluation policy can help teachers learn and improve, Angela Minnici and Ellen Behrstock-Sherratt write.
March 5, 2013 - Education Week
The president's call for "qualified" teachers stirs questions about the level of education that would be required to teach preschool.
March 5, 2013 - Education Week
New research shows that while new teachers get better in their first few years on the job, their rankings don't change much.
March 5, 2013 - Education Week
A research project in the Memphis, Tenn., schools is comparing two different professional-development approaches that incorporate technology.
February 26, 2013 - Education Week
The proposal includes a 3.0 GPA for applicants and evidence that programs' graduates make an impact in their K-12 classrooms.
February 19, 2013 - Education Week
With budgets tight, states must link teacher pay to student achievement, Eric A. Hanushek writes.
February 5, 2013 - Education Week
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
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
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

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