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Connally, Kaylan; Tooley, Melissa – New America, 2016
To date, most of the public narrative and pushback on new teacher evaluation systems has centered around their use for high-stakes personnel decisions such as pay, promotion, and dismissal, but these systems were always intended to promote and support improvements for all teachers--not just the superstars or laggards. Why is teacher development…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, State Standards, Teacher Evaluation, State Policy
Almy, Sarah; Tooley, Melissa – Education Trust, 2012
Improving teaching effectiveness is a hot topic for policymakers around the country these days. The gathering movement marks an important step forward in the ongoing effort to strengthen our nation's schools. In many cases, however, these efforts start and stop with improving outdated, inadequate teacher evaluation systems. Such approaches fail to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Public Schools