Studies of the validity of principals' ratings of teachers show there is little correlation with student achievement. Reviews of research show considerable weakness in the research designs of these studies. Outlines results from a new study with no weaknesses in design. (MD)

In this speech the author considers the problem of measuring teacher effectiveness from the point of view of an educational researcher. He examines two prevalent methodological approaches: evaluating the process and evaluating the product. The first approach involves the description of a study which concluded that teachers rated high by…

This bibliography represents a personal selection, focusing primarily on the use of group paper-and-pencil tests to assess teacher competence. It is organized in terms of general information, political issues, legal issues, national teacher examinations, defining competence, measurement issues, and technical information. (MT)

Race and subject-matter influences on performance on the National Teacher Examinations (NTE) were assessed in a study of the effects of changes in content of so-called general education items designed to reflect contributions of black and "modern" subcultures. The test used in the study was a 65-item subtest of the NTE designed to…

A study of the relationship between teacher knowledge and teaching style was made in an eastern metropolitan area, with 53 first-year intern teachers in secondary schools whose answers in the Common Examination of the National Teacher Examination were available for analysis. Each teacher was visited in the classroom on four occasions by two…

Suggestions are made for priority and strategy changes designed to make the process-product model for investigating effective teacher behaviors more productive. (MJB)

Teacher evaluation should be based on assessment of the process of teaching rather than on the product. If teachers are evaluated according to their ability to change, they will change. (Author/MF)

Examination of the accuracy of principals' judgments of teacher performance as predictors of teacher effectiveness revealed positive correlations in three teacher roles and students' gains in arithmetic and reading. (Author/CB)

This document reports the results of a comparative analysis of the Flanders Interaction Analysis Technique (FIAT) and the Observation Schedule and Record, Form 4, Verbal (OScAR 4V) in terms of the kinds of information about teacher behavior which each observation technique provides. A systematic program of recorded observation (involving 70…

The central task of the teacher is to accomplish tasks that will result in pupil learning. Research on the effects that certain competencies have on teacher behavior and student academic achievement is needed. (CJ)

This study was concerned with the measurement of a set of indicators of teacher competence, defined by the teachers themselves as observable in their classroom behavior. It was concluded that keys could be constructed to yield stable and consistent measures of most indicators of competency. (Authors/JN)

Certain classroom behaviors, indicants of teacher effectiveness, were identified by a group of classroom teachers. These behavioral indicators provided the basis for a performance test--in the form of an observation schedule--which can be used for certifying candidates as competent to teach school. Five standardized observation instruments were…

Suggestions are offered for constructing a test which would predict how a teacher would teach, thus providing school personnel officers, teacher certification agencies, and other clients with an index of the degree to which a candidate has mastered the content of teacher education. Three tasks in constructing this type of teacher examination are…

There are a number of issues involved in the validation of measures of teacher effectiveness, that is, a teacher's ability to promote student learning. Teachers' characeristics may be assessed at five different points: (1) pre-existing teacher characteristics--knowledge, skills, and attitudes which are necessary for success in the teacher…