They note that the data gleaned from the TES observations «allow researchers to connect
specific teaching practices with student achievement outcomes, providing evidence of effective teaching practices that can be widely shared.»
First, the data gleaned from the observations allow researchers to
connect specific teaching practices with student achievement outcomes, providing evidence of effective teaching practices that can be widely shared.
The 2013 - 2014 TeachingWorks streaming seminar series continued it focus on a central challenge of practice - focused teacher education — the problem of designing training that supports beginning teachers in
enacting specific teaching practices.
New observational protocols are likely to be more useful than value - added measures because they provide teachers with information
on specific teaching practices.
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Given the imprecision of value - added measures and their inability to provide information
about specific teaching practices, we might logically conclude that they can not be useful tools for school improvement.
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measuring specific teaching practices against student performance data across multiple indicators.
The researchers also used teachers» scores on particular elements considered by the TES observation system to discern relationships between
more specific teaching practices and student outcomes across academic subjects.
The 2012 - 2013 TeachingWorks streaming seminar series, the Teaching Teachers Roundtable, considered a central challenge of practice - focused teacher education — the problem of designing training that supports beginning teachers in
enacting specific teaching practices.
The study shows that student outcomes improve when teachers track how much their students are learning, identify
the specific teaching practices that boost learning and then adapt the way they teach.
The system ties classroom level student achievement data to
specific teaching practices.
The researchers found that four 10 - minute simulator sessions on
a specific teaching practice can change at least one crucial teaching behavior.