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Examining Clinical Teaching Observation Scores as a Measure of Preservice Teacher Quality
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Bartanen, Brendan; Kwok, Andrew – American Educational Research Journal, 2021
We draw on rich longitudinal data from one of the largest teacher education programs in Texas to examine the properties of rubric-based observational evaluations of preservice teachers (PSTs) during clinical teaching. Using a variance decomposition approach, we find that little of the variation in observation scores is attributable to actual…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Observation, Student Teaching, Gender Differences
Associations between Training, Employment, and Motivational Styles of Brazilian Instrumental Music Teachers
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Figueiredo, Edson Antônio de Freitas – International Journal of Music Education, 2019
Teachers follow a motivational style based on their own beliefs about motivation affected by environmental events. External events such as rules and traditions often affect orientation towards controlling; however, it is not known if events such as training and employment affect the extent to which music teachers try to control a student's…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Music Education, Teacher Motivation, Teacher Education
Relationships among Teacher Absenteeism, Evaluation Scores, and Satisfaction with Teaching at the Elementary School Level
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Russell, Marilyn D. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In an effort to determine what factors were believed to influence teacher absenteeism in a small southwestern rural district in Tennessee, a study was conducted using information from Survey Monkey (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/satisfaction_absences) to obtain responses from 89 teachers in grades third through fifth at seven elementary schools…
Descriptors: Teacher Attendance, Satisfaction, Elementary School Teachers, Statistical Analysis
Early Retirement Payoff
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Fitzpatrick, Maria D.; Lovenheim, Michael F. – Education Next, 2014
As public budgets have grown tighter over the past decade, states and school districts have sought ways to control the growth of spending. One increasingly common strategy employed to rein in costs is to offer experienced teachers with high salaries financial incentives to retire early. Although early retirement incentive (ERI) programs have been…
Descriptors: Teacher Retirement, Teacher Employment Benefits, Educational Finance, Incentives
12th Annual Comparative Analysis of the Racine Unified School District: Demographics, Attendance, Finances, Student Engagement, and Achievement
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Henken, Rob; Dickman, Anneliese; Schmidt, Jeff; Kramer, Renee – Public Policy Forum, 2009
This is the 12th annual report on conditions affecting the Racine Unified School District (RUSD). This year, the analysis again focuses on the long-term historical trends in RUSD. The analysis compares RUSD data to data of nine peer school districts as well as statewide data. The peer districts are defined as those Wisconsin districts with…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Educational Finance, Academic Achievement, School Districts
10th Annual Comparative Analysis of the Racine Unified School District: Demographics, Attendance, Finances, Student Engagement, and Achievement
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Browne, Jeffrey C.; Dickman, Anneliese; Schmidt, Jeffrey K. – Public Policy Forum, 2007
This is the 10th annual report on conditions affecting the Racine Unified School District RUSD). Analysis continues to focus on the long-term historical trends in RUSD, comparing RUSD to nine peer school districts and the State of Wisconsin. RUSD peer districts are Wisconsin's largest (Milwaukee Public Schools are not included) and their…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Public Schools, Comparative Analysis