Sentences with phrase «sophisticated measures of teacher performance»
Over time, I think we'll see more sophisticated measures of teacher performance developed that include surveys from parents and students, action research projects where teachers document the impact of their own performance and some form of peer review.
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Curricula, teaching methods, and schedules can all be customized to meet the learning styles and life situations of individual students; education can be freed from the geographic constraints of districts and brick - and - mortar buildings; coursework from the most remedial to the most advanced can be made available to everyone; students can have more interaction with teachers and one another; parents can readily be included in the education process; sophisticated data systems can measure and guide performance; and schools can be operated at lower cost with technology (which is relatively cheap) substituted for labor (which is relatively expensive).
McCaffrey oversaw RAND's efforts as part of the Gates Foundation's Measures of Effective Teaching study to develop and validate sophisticated metrics to assess and improve teacher performance.