Sentences with phrase «alternative measures of teacher performance»

I also assess the extent to which their evaluations predict alternative measures of teacher performance, including student and parent evaluations of individual teachers in the same and future school years.

Not exact matches

Student - test - based measures of teacher performance are receiving increasing attention in part because there are, as yet, few complementary or alternative measures that can provide reliable and valid information on the effectiveness of a teacher's classroom practice.

Left - wing policy supports neighborhood - based public schools, opposes any methods to measure or differentiate the performance of teachers or schools, and argues instead for alternatives to school reform like increased anti-poverty spending or urging middle - class parents to enroll their children in high - poverty schools.

The ultimate measure of a teacher - preparation program, traditional or alternative, is its ability to produce good teachers, not its ability to meet an unrelated set of requirements that are not grounded in empirical proof of student performance.

We are being told that our evaluation system will require our full comprehension and maintenance of: measures of teacher practice observation option selection forms, evaluator forms, consistent update of class lists / rosters, observation options A, B, C, D, the Matrix, and MOSL options (project based learning assessments, student learning inventories, performance based assessments, and progress monitoring assessments), not to mention how this plays out for what people teach (elementary / middle / high school, alternative assessment, English as a New Language, content areas, etc).

SAT scores and GPAs are important measures of the academic abilities of incoming prospective teachers, but they are only moderate predictors of later teaching performance.13 Both teacher preparation programs and alternative certification programs are beginning to search for other traits and dispositions that may be better predictors of teachers» abilities to drive student learning once in the classroom.

«Given the lack of broad - based stakeholder input into the waiver, the unrealistic timelines for implementing the teacher evaluation system under the waiver, the lack of research - based support for evaluating teachers based on student performance on state tests, and the dearth of vetted alternative measures of student learning available to use for teachers other than those teaching grades 5 - 9 reading and math, we recommend the Legislature delay taking action to implement the waiver's teacher evaluation system requirements, and urge the commissioner to continue to negotiate for more flexibility in the waiver regarding the teacher evaluation requirements, as well as to seek an extension from USDE regarding the timeline under which to implement the new system,» Eaton testified.

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