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ERIC Number: ED373105
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994-Apr
Pages: 40
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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"The Morning After": Year IV of a Study of Educators' Perceptions of an Evaluation Program Designed to Replace Lifetime Teacher Certification with a Renewable Credential.
Chauvin, Sheila; Ellett, Chad D.
This study continues prior efforts that were reported by the same authors to examine teacher perceptions of teacher assessment programs for a fourth year, one year after the initial statewide implementation and subsequent suspension by the state legislature, of the teacher assessment and evaluation program in Louisiana. The state initiated, statewide, on-the-job assessments in the Louisiana Teaching Internship Program (LTIP) for beginning teachers and the Louisiana Teacher Evaluation Program (LTEP) for teachers with three or more years of experience. In both programs, teachers were evaluated through the System for Teaching and Learning Assessment and Review (STAR). All teachers (n=3,082) and principals in 94 schools in 6 school districts were surveyed. Many of the 1,921 responses were not complete but could be used to some extent. Teachers did not seem aware of the extensive development and teacher input that had gone into these assessments. As they were implemented under high-stakes conditions, the assessments did not facilitate open, collegial, and collaborative professional development. Overall perceptions suggest that it will be difficult to interest Louisiana educators in similar assessment efforts. Four tables present study findings. (Contains 43 references.) (SLD)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana
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