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Gill, Brian; Bruch, Julie; Booker, Kevin – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2013
States are increasingly interested in including measures of student achievement growth, or "value-
added," in evaluating teachers. Annual state assessments, however, which are the typical measure of student
growth, usually cover only reading and math teachers and only in grades 4-8. These state assessments thus cannot
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Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Competencies, Evaluation Methods, Educational Testing
Watkins, J. Foster – Capstone Journal of Education, 1981
Raises questions about the wisdom of relying on any single measure, especially a norm-referenced one such as the ACT, for making selective admission, retention, and certification decisions in teacher education. (FL)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Norm Referenced Tests

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