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Ford, Timothy G.; Hewitt, Kim Kappler – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2020
In current teacher evaluation systems, the two main purposes of evaluation--accountability/goal accomplishment (summative) and professional growth/improvement (formative)--are often at odds with one another. However, they are not only compatible, but linking them within a unified teacher evaluation system may, in fact, be desirable. The challenge…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation, Accountability
Connors-Tadros, Lori; Horowitz, Michelle – Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes, 2014
Early childhood teachers are rightly concerned with implementing a system that was, at least in the initial stages, designed with a different set of teachers in mind--teachers of older students who have standardized achievement data. In most states, policy, practices, and guidance for early childhood teachers are just now being developed or…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, State Standards, Government Role
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Heck, Ronald H.; Wolcott, Louise P. – Educational Policy, 1997
Proposes and tests a structural model of socialization factors possibly related to the successful completion of probationary teaching. Variables included individual demographics, professional socialization, organizational context, and teaching performance. Results of the LISREL covariance analysis supported the proposed model's construct validity.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Context Effect, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kenworthy, Sue – Educational Research Quarterly, 1994
Results from a study with 41 Hawaiian elementary school principals indicate that, although there is no significant difference in visionary leadership scores of principals from varying levels of school climate when covaried with psychological characteristics, there is a significant main effect for "capacity of status" on visionary…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Behavior Patterns, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
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Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System. – 1977
In order to study the relationship between students' educational plans and deeds, questionnaires were administered in spring l976 to two groups of University of Hawaii (UH) community college students who entered in fall 1975: continuing students in their second semester at Hawaii, Honolulu, Maui, and Windward community colleges, and non-continuing…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics, Educational Objectives