ERIC Number: ED671040
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Oct
Pages: 55
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Teacher Peer Observation and Student Test Scores: Evidence from a Field Experiment in English Secondary Schools. EdWorkingPaper No. 19-139
Simon Burgess; Shenila Rawal; Eric S. Taylor
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
This paper reports improvements in teacher job performance, as measured by student test scores, resulting from a program of (zero-) low-stakes peer evaluation. Teachers working at the same school observed and scored each other's teaching. Students in randomly-assigned treatment schools scored 0.07[sigma] higher on math and English exams (0.09[sigma] lower-bound on TOT). Within each treatment school, teachers were further randomly assigned to roles: observer and observee. Teachers in both roles improved, perhaps slightly more for observers. The typical treatment school completed 2-3 observations per observee teacher. Variation in observations was generated partly by randomly assigning a low and high (2*low) dose of suggested number of observations. Benefits were quite similar across dose conditions.
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Observation, Teacher Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Testing, Scores, Secondary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Achievement, English Instruction, Grade 10, Grade 11, Job Performance
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Grade 10; High Schools; Grade 11
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A