Improving teacher evaluation systems : making the most of multiple measures / edited by Jason A. Grissom, Peter Youngs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grissom, Jason A.

Youngs, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Rating of--United States.

Teachers.

Teachers--Rating of.

Teacher effectiveness.

Evaluation.

United States.

Teacher effectiveness--United States--Evaluation.

Academic achievement--United States--Evaluation.

Academic achievement.

Physical Description:

vi, 202 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2016]

Summary:

This is the first book to gather and address what we have learned about the impacts and challenges of data-intensive teacher evaluation systems - a defining characteristic of the current education policy landscape. Expert researchers and practitioners speak to what we know (and what remains to be known) about evaluation measures themselves, the implementation of evaluation systems, and the use of evaluation data. The authors argue that rigorous teacher evaluation systems have the potential to promote school improvement but only if the systems are carefully designed and implemented and the data they generate are interpreted and used appropriately. This timely and important volume will be relevant and useful to school and district administrators, policymakers, researchers, and teacher education institutions grappling with issues of teacher accountability and school leadership. -- from back cover.

Contents:

Making the most of multiple measures / Jason A. Grissom and Peter Youngs

Observations on evaluating teacher performance: Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of classroom observations and value-added measures / Julie Cohen and Dan Goldhaber

Implementing rigorous observation of teachers: Synchronizing theory with systems for implementation and support / Robert C. Pianta and Bridget K. Hamre

The multiple dimensions of teacher quality: Does value-added capture teachers' nonachievement contributions to their schools? / Jason A. Grissom, Susanna Loeb, and Christopher Doss

Potential pitfalls in the use of teacher value-added data / Sean P. Corcoran

Special education teacher evaluation: An examination of critical issues and recommendations for practice / Nathan D. Jones

Using student surveys at the elementary and secondary levels / Ryan Balch

The role of edTPA in assessing content-specific instructional practices / Peter Youngs and Andrea Whittaker

Teachers' use of evaluation for instructional improvement and school supports for such use / Min Sun, R. Brock Mutcheson, and Jihyun Kim

Development or dismissal? Exploring principals' use of teacher effectiveness data / Timothy A. Drake, Ellen Goldring, Jason A. Grissom, Marisa Cannata, Christine M. Neumerski, Mollie Rubin, and Patrick Schuermann

Implementing student learning objectives and classroom observations in Connecticut's teacher evaluation system / Morgaen L. Donaldson and Casey D. Cobb

Using multiple measures for developmental teacher evaluation / Gary T. Henry and J. Edward Guthrie

Teacher evaluation in Michigan / Venessa A. Keesler and Carla Howe

Multiple measures in teacher evaluation: Lessons learned and guidelines for practice / Peter Youngs and Jason A. Grissom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807757390

080775739X

9780807757406

0807757403

OCLC:

924682182

Publisher Number:

99976659569