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ERIC Number: EJ1338219
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Jun
Pages: 38
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
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Can Teacher Evaluation Systems Produce High-Quality Feedback? An Administrator Training Field Experiment
Kraft, Matthew A.; Christian, Alvin
American Educational Research Journal, v59 n3 p500-537 Jun 2022
A core motivation for the widespread teacher evaluation reforms of the past decade was the belief that these new systems would promote teacher development through high-quality feedback. We examine this theory by studying teachers' perceptions of evaluation feedback in Boston Public Schools and evaluating the district's efforts to improve feedback through an administrator training program. Teachers generally reported that evaluators were trustworthy, fair, and accurate but that they struggled to provide high-quality feedback. We find little evidence that the training program improved perceived feedback quality, classroom instruction, teacher self-efficacy, or student achievement. Our results illustrate the challenges of using evaluation systems as engines for professional growth when administrators lack the time and skill necessary to provide frequent, high-quality feedback.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts (Boston)
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