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Jensen, Mishan; Looby, Karen – Online Submission, 2017
This report summaries the Professional Pathways for Teachers (PPfT) appraisal scores and teachers' perceptions of the appraisal system. The PPfT appraisal system was developed and refined during the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 school years. The 2016-2017 school the appraisal system was implemented district-wide. The 2016-2017 appraisal scores will…
Descriptors: School Districts, Career Pathways, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Evaluation
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Kuhfeld, Megan – Educational Assessment, 2017
This article develops a validity argument for the use of the Tripod student survey of instructional practices to assess teacher effectiveness in summative teacher evaluations and professional development decisions. This paper expands upon previous research in three ways: (a) it draws from current validity thinking to examine the evidence for…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teacher Evaluation, Classroom Techniques, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Buzick, Heather M.; Jones, Nathan D. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
The increased emphasis on using student growth measures in teacher evaluation has raised questions about how to treat test scores from students with disabilities. This study explores the consequences of three common approaches for treating scores from students with disabilities in statistical approaches to estimating teacher effectiveness: (1)…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Scores, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
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Berk, Ronald A. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2016
Recently, student outcomes have bubbled to the top of debates about how to evaluate teaching in community and liberal arts colleges, universities, and professional schools, but even more international attention has been riveted on how outcomes are being used to evaluate teachers and administrators K-12 (Harris, 2012; Rowen & Raudenbush, 2016;…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Teacher Evaluation
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Steinberg, Matthew P. – State Education Standard, 2016
Passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in December 2015 signaled a new era for teacher evaluation reform. Under ESSA, states and districts have greater autonomy to design and implement teacher evaluation systems independent of federal influence. This new flexibility brings with it new responsibilities and challenges for states and…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Educational Change, School District Autonomy, Federal Legislation