Surviving observation island
How effective are the most popular teacher observation instruments at determining which teachers need to be voted off the island and which deserve immunity?
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Kappan Contributor: Audrey Amrein-Beardsley
The breakfast of champions: Student surveys to sustain and cultivate teachers
A teacher’s feedback diet is incomplete without the perspectives of students.
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Mapping America’s teacher evaluation plans under ESSA
ESSA gave states more control over their teacher evaluation systems. How have states responded? ...
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Learning from what doesn’t work in teacher evaluation
When rethinking their teacher evaluation systems under ESSA, education leaders will do well to look to the past for guidance on what not to do — and what to do better.
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All sizzle and no steak: Value-added model doesn’t add value in Houston
In 2011, the Houston Independent School District terminated 221 teachers because they did not...
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Value-added models: What the experts say
Researchers share the opinions of scholars who have analyzed and written extensively about value-added models.
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