Sentences with phrase «evaluation measures along»

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He also supported mayoral control of schools and went along with the governor's measures tying teacher evaluations to tests.

Following a three - year study that involved about 3,000 teachers, analysts said the most accurate measure of a teacher's effectiveness was a combination of classroom observations by at least two evaluators, along with student scores counting for between 33 percent and 50 percent of the overall evaluation.

In essence, TAP provides a detailed plan for how teachers can be effective in the classroom, furnishes a formula to evaluate all teachers, and links positive evaluations along with achievement - growth measures to bonus pay.

One of the commitments that Washington — and every State that received ESEA flexibility — made was to put in place teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that take into account information on student learning growth based on high - quality college - and career - ready (CCR) State assessments as a significant factor in determining teacher and principal performance levels, along with other measures of professional practice such as classroom observations.

The most - positive aspect of Kline's plan lies with its requirement that states develop teacher evaluation systems that use student test score growth data (along with other «multiple measures) in evaluating teacher performance.

They also, along with others troubled by New York's — particularly NYC's — notorious achievement gaps, yearned to release school leaders from the muzzle of LIFO, which requires that teachers be laid off by seniority, not effectiveness, and change old - school subjective teacher evaluations to reflect student academic growth, measured in part through standardized test scores.

Two - thirds of states are in the process of adopting new evaluations, and many will include student achievement — usually as measured by standardized tests — along with intensive classroom observations.

Any useful system of evaluation, including these bold California initiatives, will have measures of student performance and progress along with other important indicators of teacher effectiveness.

Along with developing strategies to retain high performers, districts will be encouraged to design clear paths to dismiss those teachers and principals who after receiving ample opportunities to improve, continue to underperform as measured by the new evaluation.

Accountability measures for «alternative» charter schools need to be carefully worked out as part of their authorization contracts, with additional evaluation measures clearly laid out to go along with traditional performance indicators, according to a new report from the National Association of Charter School Authorizers.

Finally, districts should monitor student achievement, along with scores for teacher observations, to determine whether the use of value - added measures in evaluations is doing what is most important — improving teaching and learning.

Suction blister wounds are an excellent model for studying the effects of early wound healing.50 Measurement of the rate of transepidermal water loss (TEWL) through human skin provides a noninvasive method to monitor changes in the stratum corneum barrier function of the skin, providing an excellent objective method for evaluation of wound healing.51 The 8 blister sites were assessed daily for 8 days following removal of the blister chambers50 and then again on day 12, along with daily control values from adjacent nonwounded skin; after subtracting the average control values from the average daily measurement, the 90 % standard for healing was based on reaching 90 % of the day 1 measures.