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Bastian, Kevin C.; Lys, Diana B.; Whisenant, Waverly R. L. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2023
In the present study, we examine whether characteristics of student teaching sites and cooperating teachers predict teacher candidates' edTPA scores. Using data from North Carolina, we find that candidates earn higher edTPA scores if they student-taught in a high value-added school and with a cooperating teacher earning higher evaluation ratings.…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Scores, Educational Environment, Value Added Models
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Bastian, Kevin C. – Education Finance and Policy, 2019
In the present study I use teacher value added and evaluation rating data from North Carolina public schools to estimate the signaling and human capital effects of graduate degrees. These analyses consider the effects of graduate degrees, overall, and the effects of graduate degrees inside and outside teachers' area(s) of teaching. Signaling…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Teacher Evaluation, Public School Teachers, Graduate Study
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Bastian, Kevin C.; Sun, Min; Lynn, Heather – Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
Surveys of teacher preparation program (TPP) completers have become one widely used measure for program accountability and improvement, yet there is little evidence as to whether perceptions of preparation experiences predict the workforce outcomes of teachers. In the present study, we use statewide completer survey data from North Carolina to…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Teacher Education Programs, Accountability, Teacher Surveys
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Bastian, Kevin C.; Janda, Ludmila – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2018
We build on research connecting teaching assignments to teacher effectiveness by examining the characteristics of secondary grades mathematics teachers with more course preparations--both the unique number of courses taught and courses never taught before--and by assessing whether additional course preparations predict teacher value-added.…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
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Bastian, Kevin C.; McCord, David M.; Marks, Julie T.; Carpenter, Dale – AERA Open, 2017
The "greening" (i.e., inexperience) of the U.S. teacher workforce puts a premium on districts and schools hiring effective and persistent beginning teachers. Given the limitations of characteristics currently available at the time of hiring (e.g., academic ability, preparation type), we built off previous research in economics and…
Descriptors: Personality, Personality Traits, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Persistence
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Bastian, Kevin C.; Patterson, Kristina M.; Pan, Yi – Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
States are incorporating evaluation ratings into new, multioutcome teacher preparation program (TPP) evaluation systems, yet little is known about the relationships between TPPs and the evaluation ratings of program graduates. To address this gap, we use teachers' ratings on the North Carolina Educator Evaluation System to determine whether TPPs…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Evaluation