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Jaciw, Andrew P.; Wingard, Audra; Zacamy, Jenna; Lin, Li; Lau, Sze-Shun – Grantee Submission, 2021
Teacher residencies are surfacing as a promising model for teacher preparation. One such residency program--Collaboration and Reflection to Enhance Atlanta Teacher Effectiveness (CREATE)--seeks to raise student achievement in local high-needs schools by increasing the effectiveness and retention of both new and veteran educators. CREATE aims to…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Teacher Collaboration, Reflection, Teacher Effectiveness
Eckert, Jonathan – National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2013
Created by the U.S. Congress in 2006, the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) represents the first federal initiative targeted directly at state and district efforts to introduce performance measures into educator compensation. TIF responds to a growing body of evidence that existing pay structures do not respond to labor force realities or adequately…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Grants, Incentives, Teacher Motivation
Silk, Yael; Silver, David; Amerian, Stephanie; Nishimura, Claire; Boscardin, Christy Kim – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2009
This report describes a classroom artifact measure and presents early findings from an efficacy study of WestEd's Reading Apprenticeship (RA) professional development program. The professional development is designed to teach high school teachers how to integrate subject-specific literacy instruction into their regular curricula. The current RA…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Literacy, Academic Achievement, Integrated Curriculum
Goldhaber, Dan; Anthony, Emily – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2005
In this paper, we describe the results a study assessing the relationship between the certification of teachers by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) and elementary level student achievement. We examine whether NBPTS assesses the most effective applicants, whether certification by NBPTS serves as a signal of teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, National Standards, Teacher Certification, Teacher Competencies