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Teacher Evaluation as Policy Target: Viable Reform Venue or Just Another Tap Dance?
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Hazi, Helen M.; Rucinski, Daisy Arredondo – ERS Spectrum, 2009
In this No Child Left Behind era of renewed emphasis on the search for the "highly qualified" teacher, governors, legislators, and state department of education officials have an incentive to focus on improving teacher quality through teacher evaluation. While teacher evaluation practices have been traditionally problematic "based…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Change, Teacher Effectiveness, State Legislation
Evaluation of High School Teachers' Written Grading Policies.
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Friedman, Stephen J.; Troug, Anthony J. – ERS Spectrum, 1999
Describes a study that analyzed the written grading policies used by teachers from a Midwestern high school to determine to what extent they matched grading practices generally recommended by assessment specialists. Supporting past findings, results showed that teachers' grading practices substantially departed from recommended practice. Contains…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Criteria, Grading, High Schools
Principal Performance Areas and Principal Evaluation.
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Fletcher, Thomas E.; McInerney, William D. – ERS Spectrum, 1995
Summarizes a study that surveyed Indiana superintendents and examined their principal-evaluation instruments. Superintendents were asked which of 21 performance domains were most important and whether these were currently being assessed. Respondents generally agreed that all 21 performance domains identified by the National Policy Board for…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
School Superintendents' Evaluations: Effective and Results-Based?
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Mayo, C. Russell; McCartney, Gary P. – ERS Spectrum, 2004
This study examined superintendents' perceptions of current performance evaluation practices and their preferences for those practices. Specifically, 1,125 superintendents across the nation received a questionnaire exploring evaluation effectiveness and results-based procedures. Findings indicate practices are neither uniformly effective nor…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Administrator Attitudes, Performance Based Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Factors That Principals Consider Most Important in Selecting New Teachers.
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Kowalski, Theodore J.; And Others – ERS Spectrum, 1992
During 1991-92, 87 principals in 4 suburban midwestern school districts were surveyed to determine the relative importance they assigned to common variables associated with teacher selection. Most important factors were respect for students, honesty, ability to work with peers, and verbal communication. Surprisingly, quantity of experience,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Students at Risk of Dropping Out: Developing Accurate Criteria to Identify Them.
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Frazer, Linda – ERS Spectrum, 1992
A Texas school district refined the state at-risk criteria, resulting in 22 individual at-risk categories. This study focused on the classification and followup of 4 cohorts, each of over 25,000 students, during the academic years 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, and 1990-91. Among the findings were that being overage for grade level was a strong…
Descriptors: Age, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Evaluation Criteria