Grading teachers, grading schools : is student achievement a valid evaluation measure? / editor, Jason Millman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Millman, Jason.

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Rating of--United States--Case studies.

Teachers.

Teacher effectiveness--United States--Case studies.

Teacher effectiveness.

Academic achievement--United States--Case studies.

Academic achievement.

Teachers--Rating of.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 283 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, [1997]

Summary:

"A masterful compilation of diverse perspectives." Daniel L. Stufflebeam, Director, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University It's not a question of whether student learning is an important goal of teaching. Everyone agrees it is. The issue explored here is can you (and should you) use student learning as a measurement tool for assessing teacher effectiveness? This book examines four high-profile, high-stakes, contemporary methods for evaluating teaching through learning gains. It offers a rationale and background for each one along with a discussion on supporting evidence and practical implications. The chapter authors provide these criteria for judging a teacher valuation system: * Is this method fair? * Will this method provide comprehensive data? * How does this method compare to other methods? * What are the positive and negative consequences of using this method? You'll find out how well each method stacks up, how cumbersome or easy it is to use, and what kind of support or heel-dragging to expect from participants. Measuring teacher effectiveness through student learning can also result in: * Higher levels of instruction * Important data for school and program evaluation * A model for continuous school improvement * A more accurate picture of what (and how) students are learning If you're interested in the future of teacher assessment, or if you're ready to make changes in the way your school or district assesses its teachers, you need to read this book.

Contents:

Beginnings and introduction / Jason Millman and H. Del Schalock

The Oregon teacher work sample methodology : rationale and background / Bill Cowart and David Myton

Teacher work sample methodology as used at Western Oregon State College / H. Del Schalock, Mark Schalock, and Gerald Girod

Oregon teacher work sample methodology : potential and problems / Peter W. Airasian

Oregon teacher work sample methodology : educational policy review / Daniel L. Stufflebeam

Reflections on comments by Airasian and Stufflebeam / H. Del Schalock, Mark Schalock, and Gerald Girod

In the beginning / Luvern L. Cunningham

The Dallas value-added accountability system / William J. Webster and Robert L. Mendro

Value-added productivity indicators : the Dallas system / Yeow Meng Thum and Anthony S. Bryk

On Trial : the Dallas value-added accountability system / Gary Sykes

Little practical difference and pie in the sky : a response to Thum and Bryk and a rejoinder to Sykes / William J. Webster... [et al.]

The impetus for the Tennessee's value-added assessment system / Patricia E. Ceperley and Kip Reel

The Tennessee value-added assessment system : a quantitative, outcomes-based approach to educational assessment / William L. Sanders, Arnold M. Saxton, and Sandra P. Horn

The Tennessee value-added assessment system : a challenge to familiar assessment methods / Richard B. Darlington

Assessment requires incentives to add value : a review of the Tennessee value-added assessment system / Herbert J. Walberg and Susan J. Paik

Response to the reviewers / William L. Sanders, Arnold M. Saxton, and Sandra P. Horn

Historical background : the Kentucky school accountability index / Doris Redfield and Roger Pankratz

Kentucky's accountability and assessment systems / Neal Kingston and Ed Reidy

Measurement quality of the Kentucky instructional results information system, 1991-1994 / Ronald K. Hambleton

Overview and assessment of the Kentucky instructional results information system / Daniel L. Stufflebeam

The Kentucky instructional results information system meets the critics : a little light and much heat / Neal Kingston and Ed Reidy

How do i judge thee? let me count the ways / Jason Millman

Toward what end? the evaluation of student learning for the improvement of teaching / Linda Darling-Hammond

The moth and the flame : student learning as a criterion of instructional competence / W. James Popham.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0803964013

0803964021

OCLC:

36994504