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What Should a Restorative Classroom Look and Sound Like? Content Validation of a Direct Observation Tool
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Claudia Vincent; Heather McClure; Rita Svanks; Erik Girvan; John Inglish; Darren Reiley; Scott Smith – Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning, 2024
Purpose: This study focused on identifying measurable constructs of a restorative classroom and appropriate metrics to measure those constructs through content validity analysis of a direct observation tool. The tool was designed to assess restorative practices implementation in the classroom in the context of professional development supporting…
Descriptors: Restorative Practices, Classroom Environment, Content Validity, Classroom Observation Techniques
What Should a Restorative Classroom Look and Sound Like? Content Validation of a Direct Observation Tool
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Claudia G. Vincent; Heather McClure; Rita Svanks; Erik Girvan; John Inglish; Darren Reiley; Scott Smith – Grantee Submission, 2023
Purpose: Our study focused on identifying measurable constructs of a restorative classroom and appropriate metrics to measure those constructs through content validity analysis of a direct observation tool. The tool was designed to assess restorative practices implementation in the classroom in the context of professional development supporting…
Descriptors: Restorative Practices, Classroom Environment, Content Validity, Classroom Observation Techniques
Validity Evidence Supporting Use of Anchoring Vignettes to Measure Teaching Practice
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Kaufman, Julia H.; Engberg, John; Hamilton, Laura S.; Yuan, Kun; Hill, Heather C. – Educational Assessment, 2019
High-quality measures of instructional practice are essential for research and evaluation of innovative instructional policies and programs. However, existing measures have generally proven inadequate because of cost and validity issues. This paper addresses two potential drawbacks of survey self-report measures: variation in teachers'…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Vignettes, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Evaluation
How Middle School Principals Can Affect Beginning Teachers' Experiences
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Youngs, Peter; Kwak, Hyun-Seung; Pogodzinski, Ben – Journal of School Leadership, 2015
This article reports on a 2-year qualitative research study of the processes by which middle school principals' policies and actions shaped the experiences of five novice teachers in two Michigan school districts. We examined beginning teachers' perceptions of principals' approaches to managing student behavior, instructional leadership, and…
Descriptors: Principals, School Administration, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Teacher Attitudes
How Teacher Evaluation Is Affected by Class Characteristics: Are Observations Biased?
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Lazarev, Valeriy; Newman, Denis – Empirical Education Inc., 2015
Classroom observation is an important component of teacher evaluation systems. Most states are implementing systems that assign a composite score to each teacher based on weights assigned to several different measures. Policy discussions often address this weighting, with many states adopting formulas with high weights for the summative scores…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Classroom Observation Techniques, Summative Evaluation, Scores
Data Coaching: Measuring the Effects of Feedback on Low-Stakes Test Motivation
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Snyder, Nancy – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examines the relationships between students' academic motivation, evidence of achievement as measured by assessments and the effects of feedback in mediating effort. Policy makers currently view student achievement is as synonymous with proficiency on standardized tests. Testing students as a means of determining educational…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Learning Motivation, Academic Achievement, Student Evaluation