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Johnson, Susan Moore; Papay, John P.; Fiarman, Sarah E.; Munger, Mindy Sick; Qazilbash, Emily Kalejs – Center for American Progress, 2010
Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) is a promising program to improve the teacher evaluation system and teaching quality more broadly. Under PAR, an innovative approach that uses expert teachers to conduct regular evaluations for novice teachers and underperforming veterans, districts can focus attention on instructional quality, retain the most…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Liu, Edward; Johnson, Susan Moore – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2006
Purpose: Teacher hiring decisions have far-reaching consequences for a school, its students, and faculty. This article examines how new teachers in four states are hired and explores whether the process leads to good matches between these individuals and their schools. The authors conceive of hiring as a two-way process and examine the extent to…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Recruitment, Item Analysis, Teacher Selection