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Keese, Nancy; Brown, Tammie – 2003
This paper presents findings of surveys completed by student teachers on their ability to prepare a teacher work sample, discussing potential program improvements arising from survey responses related to planning, assessment, and student learning, which are components of a teacher work sample, also sharing student teachers' perceptions of their…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Planning
Millman, Jason, Ed. – 1997
The 24 chapters of this collection discuss contemporary approaches to using student learning gains to evaluating teachers or schools. The four methods considered are: (1) the Oregon Teacher Work Sample Methodology (chapters 2 through 6); (2) the Dallas Value-Added Accountability System (Texas) (chapters 7 through 11); (3) the Tennessee Value-Added…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Denner, Peter R.; Salzman, Stephanie A.; Harris, Larry B. – 2002
This paper shows how a mid-sized teacher education institution proactively developed a performance assessment method, Teacher Work Samples (TWSs), addressing the school's efforts to use TWSs to obtain evidence of the impact of teacher performance on student learning. The paper examines challenges faced in developing and implementing TWS…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education