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Avalos-Bevan, Beatrice – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2018
The paper examines the process of establishing a teacher evaluation system in Chile and its acceptance by teachers over time. The conceptual base upon which the system was established is described. Evidence is also examined from a variety of data sources and research related to the evaluation system as well as teachers' use of its results. This…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Accountability, Faculty Development
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Rivas, Axel; Sanchez, Belen – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2022
During the first years of the new century, Latin America went through significant political changes in a period of economic growth. In education, we identify a 'regulatory governance turn' characterised by the emergence of four policy instruments: 1-New performance-based teaching career regulations with teachers' evaluations, 2-Curricular…
Descriptors: Governance, Accountability, High Stakes Tests, Foreign Countries
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Vaillant, Denise; Gonzalez-Vaillant, Gabriela – Teacher Development, 2017
This paper analyzes the relationship between teacher evaluation policies in Chile and Uruguay, teacher professional development, and teacher performance effectiveness. The analysis tries to understand the extent to which the existing processes for teacher evaluation stimulate an improvement in the quality of teaching. The comparison of two…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teacher Evaluation, Educational Policy, Faculty Development
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Taut, Sandy; Sun, Yulan – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2014
Assessing teaching performance is a contentious issue in current educational policy in many countries. In Chile, a national, standards-based, multi-method, mandatory teacher evaluation system has been in place since 2003 to assess the performance of about 70, 000 public school teachers from pre-school to high school and adult education. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Evaluation, Standards, Evaluation Methods
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Avalos, Beatrice – Research Papers in Education, 2004
In the last four years teacher performance evaluation in Chile became a major policy issue involving teachers, politicians, the media, school management, and education authorities. The discussion highlighted the unresolved question of how to insure teaching quality and reduce incompetence in classrooms and schools to the benefit of pupil learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Municipalities, Teacher Effectiveness
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Avalos, Beatrice; Assael, Jenny – International Journal of Educational Research, 2006
The paper discusses the process whereby a system of teacher evaluation was established in Chile through a lengthy and complicated process of negotiations between the three main institutions concerned: the Teachers' Union, the Association of Chilean Municipalities (managers of the public school system) and the Ministry of Education. The process is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Municipalities, Accountability, Teacher Evaluation