Teacher evaluations tend to be like clothes. Whatever is in vogue at the time is utilized extensively by those who are attempting to remain modern and current. If you stay around long enough, the "hot" methods of today will probably recycle to be the new discovery of the future. In the end, each school district develops an evaluation process that…

This report presents the proceedings of the Conference on Models for the Evaluation of Teaching. The papers included are: (1) Teachers and Their Evaluation; (2) A Performance-Centered Model for the Evaluation of Teaching; (3) A Learner-Centered Model; (4) Evaluation as a Change Mechanism--A Management Model; (5) Faculty Roles in Evaluation; (6)…

This paper presents, in outline form, highlights from the AASA annual meeting clinic on teacher evaluation. The report presents (1) an overview of teacher evaluation, (2) the components of an effective evaluation plan for instructional personnel, and (3) a strategy for developing an effective teacher evaluation plan in a school system. (JF)

Critical evaluation of teaching and the devices through which teachers try to increase their self-critical abilities and to improve their work are addressed. Focus is on videotaping technologies that enable teachers to act, step back and observe, and then analyze their work. (JMD)

The identification of criteria and procedures to be used for selecting applicants for teacher training is a problem that has received considerable comment and inquiry. Evaluates one selection criterion, the preservice teacher's ability to read, as an aid in the screening process. (Author/RK)

Techniques used to evaluate a laboratory course are outlined. Course organization is described briefly, followed by details of the methods of collecting information and the method of sampling the groups of students. Methods include questionnaire, informal interview, group interview, free response, and observation. (LBH)

Findings and research designs used to study university students' evaluations of teaching effectiveness are reviewed. A construct validation approach which recognizes the multidimensionality of both effective teaching and students' evaluations is recommended for further research. (BS)

A skeptical analysis of the practical possibilities is presented. Methods considered include: student ratings, independent observer ratings, student outcomes, impressionistic data, and self-evaluation. The author is pessimistic about the effectiveness of any of these. (LBH)

Relationships among teaching effectiveness; publication productivity; and rewards in a non-university setting are examined. The data indicate that even in a non-university setting, frequency of nomination as an outstanding teacher by students was not realted to either salary or rank, and frequency of nomination by colleagues was also unrelated to…

Ten characteristics of a well-conceived program of teacher evaluation are identified for the aid of administrators. (Author/JN)

Author explores the continuing problem of an adequate approach to teacher evaluation and suggests a procedure which he has found to be quite satisfactory. (Editor)

Concludes that teacher evaluations should focus more on teacher improvement, that there should be more student involvement in the evaluation process, that there should be fewer but more comprehensive evaluations, and that administrators who carry out the evaluations should be better trained. (FL)

Describes the purposes, procedures, findings, and outcomes of a project conducted at Germantown Academy in which high school students' course and teacher evaluations were correlated with their grades. Looks at weaknesses of student evaluation and provides the results of interviews with department heads concerning their evaluation procedures. (AYC)

The author asserts that effective teachers are far more critical to school effectiveness than innovations in school organization, facilities, or curriculum. He reviews some studies on the characteristics of effective teachers to suggest criteria for identifying and evaluating effective teachers. He urges schools to invest in teacher proficiency.…

Current interest in teacher competence often neglects theory about how teaching knowledge is acquired. Describes an approach to learning to teach, identifying nine dimensions of teaching and their hierarchically organized criterial statements, and a method of assessing teaching competence using performance indicators contained in the first two…