Sentences with phrase «sophisticated measures of teacher effectiveness»

While «it will take time to develop richer and more sophisticated measures of teacher effectiveness,» Haycock writes, «until then policymakers should use a combination of the best available measures.»

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There are a number of reasons: 1) student achievement probably wasn't used as the measure of teacher effectiveness; 2) before the advent of the modern computer, in the mid-1960s, some of the more sophisticated analyses were not feasible; 3) the structure and makeup of schools change, making the findings less applicable to the current situation; 4) most important, older studies may not control for critical variables, such as students» backgrounds or past achievement.