This annotated bibliography contains 120 citations of journal articles, most of them published in 1970 and 1971, which deal with various aspects of educational accountability. (MBM)

This 34-citation annotated bibliography contains information on selected ERIC journal articles and documents on teacher evaluation. (Author/CB)

Through is assignments, a teacher reveals a valid sample of his teaching skill, his concept of his discipline's importance, and his view of his students. (Author)

Illustrates how the scholarship of teaching could be assessed, recognized, and rewarded, addressing both formative and summative evaluations. Addresses the question of who should determine the standards and criteria by which to review and critique the scholarship of teaching and whether studies in the scholarship of teaching should be required to…

A recent report published by the National Center on Performance Incentives (NCPI) presents findings from the second-year of a multi-year evaluation of the Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) program, a statewide educator incentive program that operated in Texas. As part of this larger study, evaluators examined how participation in the TEEG…

Evaluation of teaching remains an inaccurate undertaking. Many believe that taking into factor the numbers of classes taught, students taught, graduate students supervised, honors contacts made, and undergraduates mentored are the best quantifiable measures for teaching. However, this author argues that such measures do little to provide a useful…

Improvement of the student learning experience necessitates teacher evaluation. Evaluation optimally is an on-going process, involving the teacher as an active participant and decision-maker. Information is gathered and compared with pre-established criteria, resulting in decisions to modify techniques as necessary. Evaluative criteria are…

A comparison of faculty and student evaluation of an instructor-rating questionnaire at Northampton County Area Community College, Pennsylvania, is the subject of this report. Students and faculty members were asked to specify the relative importance of 12 given areas considered in instructor evaluation, and then to suggest scores between 10 and…

The document offers two definitions of accountability, a narrow one in which the teacher's salary must be based entirely upon a measurement of his teaching competence, and a broader one in which salary is related only partly to a measurement of competence. The major points for and against merit ratings are summarized, followed by a description of…

The influence of varying teaching experience on the evaluation and marking of essays is assessed in a field experiment where teachers from three different school types were asked to mark the same set of compositions written by students in the Norwegian youth school population. (Author)

The author analyzes results received from a survey on teacher promotion. The criteria for promotion and the means of re-evaluation of the criteria are discussed and listed in terms of importance. (MS)

The authors report on their attempt "to design and try out objective checklists upon which an observer/rater can note specific teaching behaviors in the classroom" and on a study utilizing such a checklist for noting teacher's contingency management behaviors in grade school classrooms." (Author/LS)

Evaluation of the attainment of educational objectives and the behavioral development of the learner would be sufficient evaluation of the qualities of the teaching he received. (CK)

This collection of nine papers was presented at a workshop on evaluation for excellence in education. "Why Evaluate?" by Madeline I. Hardy, contends that although reform is needed, evaluation must continue in order to measure educational change, bring improvement, and provide public accountability. In "Evaluation for Excellence in…

Few teachers are evaluated on their ability to use technology in the classroom despite conclusive evidence that its effective use has a positive impact on student achievement and that large amounts of resources are dedicated to placing technology in schools. Teacher evaluations in 220 school districts were reviewed for this study. Only one-fifth…