To facilitate such examination, this brief
reviews credible research exploring: the feasibility of combining formative assessment (a basis for professional growth) and summative assessment (a basis for high - stakes decisions like dismissal); the various tools that might be used to gather evidence of teacher effectiveness; and the various stakeholders who might play a role in a teacher assessment system.
Not exact matches
Resources Futures, a
research think tank, undertook a broad literature
review in 2010 and identified 37 relevant studies, only 14 of which use methods likely to generate
credible results.
I refer readers there because you get a synopsis of peer -
reviewed research from a
credible academic, and you get the citations to track the studies down if you want to.
See Skeptical Science's profile of John Christy for a through explanation of why he is not a
credible voice in the scientific community studying climate change, using peer -
reviewed climate
research as refutation.
Another deserving effort in promoting scientific integrity in China is to foster a healthy
research environment, which includes making explicit
research ethics policies, issuing a practical code of conduct, establishing a
credible and authoritative national organization to supervise local units, protecting whistle - blowers, building a rigorous and fair peer
review system, revising the criteria for promotion and reward to emphasize
research quality rather than quantity by a researcher, and achieving zero tolerance for unethical
research behaviors.
Don't take the words «
research» and «study» without a grain of salt: It's often hard to draw «news you can use» from certain experiments — for example, those that aren't peer -
reviewed or published in a
credible journal, those that are performed on animals, or those that are purely observational — which means that other factors could be involved in the outcome.
Students can make the list when starting a project, including setting dates to complete different phases of the project, such as:
researching credible sources, outlining contents,
reviewing the outline, creating a rough draft, identifying gaps in information, revising and editing, checking in with the teacher and creating and turning in the finished product.
Together, WALTHAM and our partners have invested over $ 10 million in original HAI
research to help build the field and deliver
credible peer -
reviewed studies.
Recognizing that peer
review procedures at some academic journals has been misused to block the publication of
research that is contrary to the views of editors or influential figures in the climate science establishment, with the Editor's approval, consideration will be given to including material from non-peer-reviewed sources when
credible and important scientific findings not available elsewhere.
ASCO's growing roster of cutting - edge journals serves readers as the most
credible, authoritative, peer -
reviewed resources for significant clinical oncology
research and
research that informs the delivery of efficient, high - quality cancer care across the globe.