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Measuring Learning, Supporting Teaching: Classroom Experts' Recommendations for an Effective Educator Evaluation System

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Center for Teaching Quality, 2013

The Illinois New Millennium Initiative (NMI) is a statewide team of accomplished, early-career teachers and educators focused on classroom- and community-based solutions to improve public schools. In virtual and face-to-face collaborations, the NMI works to connect research findings with its own teaching experiences in order to design policies and…

Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Public Schools, Educational Improvement

In Schools, Teacher Quality Matters Most

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Goldhaber, Dan – Education Next, 2016

Fifty years after the release of "Equality of Educational Opportunity"--widely known as the Coleman Report--much of what James Coleman and his colleagues reported holds up well to scrutiny. It is, in fact, remarkable to read through the 700-plus pages and see how little has changed about what the empirical evidence says matters. The…

Descriptors: Educational Quality, Teacher Effectiveness, Statistical Analysis, Equal Education

Lessons from NCLB for the Every Student Succeeds Act

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Mathis, William J.; Trujillo, Tina M. – National Education Policy Center, 2016

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) replaced the No Child Left Behind Act with great fanfare and enthusiasm. Granting more power to states and curbing what was seen as federal overreach was well received. However, the new legislation maintains a predominately test-based accountability system with a federal mandate for interventions in well over…

Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Accountability, Intervention

Implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act: Toward a Coherent, Aligned Assessment System

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Brown, Catherine; Boser, Ulrich; Sargrad, Scott; Marchitello, Max – Center for American Progress, 2016

In December 2015, President Barack Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaced No Child Left Behind (NCLB), as the nation's major law governing public schools. ESSA retains the requirement that states test all students in reading and math in grades three through eight and once in high school, as well as the requirement that…

Descriptors: Program Implementation, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Alignment (Education)

Designing and Implementing Teacher Performance Management Systems: Pitfalls and Possibilities

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Wiener, Ross; Jacobs, Ariel – Aspen Institute, 2011

As new performance-management-related policies go from idea to implementation, policy makers and education leaders will be called upon to flesh-out what are still broad principles in many areas. This represents a significant inflection point for the teaching profession and the management of public school systems. Early decisions will determine…

Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Job Performance, Teacher Evaluation, School Administration

Rethinking Teacher Evaluation: Findings from the First Year of the Excellence in Teaching Project in Chicago Public Schools. Policy Brief

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Sartain, Lauren; Stoelinga, Sara Ray; Krone, Emily – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2010

Researchers have raised a number of questions about whether student achievement data can be used fairly or accurately for purposes of teacher evaluation. Others have noted that achievement data alone cannot provide teachers with the information they need to improve their practice. Recognizing these limitations, the federal government and many…

Descriptors: Public Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Methods

Blueprint for Change in Connecticut: State Teacher Policy Yearbook, 2010

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