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Weisberg, Daniel; Sexton, Susan; Mulhern, Jennifer; Keeling, David – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
A teacher's effectiveness--the most important factor for schools in improving student achievement--is not measured, recorded, or used to inform decision making in any meaningful way. The failure of evaluation systems to provide accurate and credible information about individual teachers' instructional performance sustains and reinforces a…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Instructional Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
Weisberg, Daniel; Sexton, Susan; Mulhern, Jennifer; Keeling, David; Schunck, Joan; Palcisco, Ann; Morgan, Kelli – New Teacher Project, 2009
This report examines the pervasive and longstanding failure to recognize and respond to variations in the effectiveness of teachers. At the heart of the matter are teacher evaluation systems, which in theory should serve as the primary mechanism for assessing such variations, but in practice tell everyone little about how one teacher differs from…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Instructional Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
Weisberg, Daniel; Sexton, Susan; Mulhern, Jennifer; Keeling, David – New Teacher Project, 2009
This report examines the pervasive and longstanding failure to recognize and respond to variations in the effectiveness of teachers. At the heart of the matter are teacher evaluation systems, which in theory should serve as the primary mechanism for assessing such variations, but in practice tell everyone little about how one teacher differs from…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Instructional Effectiveness, School Districts