The BASC has a «developmental history» component, a «
student observation system,» several subscales that are not included in the CBCL series (e.g., self - esteem, self - reliance, locus of control, sense of inadequacy, study skills), and a set of validity indices.
Not exact matches
Every American
student, by reading, discussion, and
observation, should be thoroughly acquainted with the fundamentals of the political
system of his country.
The
system is based on multiple measures of performance including
student achievement and rigorous classroom
observations.
But in recent weeks, Cuomo has indicated he will begin to emphasize a new direction in education after a legislative session that saw yet more changes to the state's teacher evaluation
system that linked performance reviews to tenure as well as
student test scores and in - classroom
observation.
Under the budget language, the department would be required to develop a new evaluation
system based on a «matrix» model, which would include
student performance on state exams as well as
observations but differs from the current model in that it is not based on percentages.
According to the briefing, the evaluation
system will have two components:
observations and
student performance on state tests.
The negotiations, which both sides agreed to in writing, were aimed at creating a
system for fairly evaluating teachers, using both
student performance and
observation, in the 33 schools receiving federal school improvement grants.
But she said it sounds like the plan is being sold as a «matrix» when it's actually not much different than the current
system, which is based on
student test scores and
observations.
Whatever the parties negotiate or King decides, the evaluation
system will be based 20 percent on standardized test scores when applicable, 20 percent on other evidence of
student learning and 60 percent on classroom
observation and other measures of teacher effectiveness, in keeping with the 2010 state law on teacher evaluation.
The new evaluation
system will provide clear standards and significant guidance to local school districts for implementation of teacher evaluations based on multiple measures of performance including
student achievement and rigorous classroom
observations.
This rare two - armed spiral structure was discovered by Kevin — as a first - year graduate
student — back in 2015 (and covered in a popular press release) using the SPHERE extreme adaptive optics
system on the Very Large Telescope in Chile, in
observations carried out in our Scorpion Survey.
Earth Science Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment AirMOSS Aqua Aura Aquarius CALIPSO CARVE Center for Earth and Climate Science Education CloudSat DISCOVER - AQ Earth to Sky - Building Climate Literacy for Informal Educators: Expanding the Earth to Sky Partnership (EPOESS NNH09CF00C) Girl Scouts Earth Science Patch Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) The GLOBE Program GLOBE at Langley GRACE ICESat - 2 Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) MY NASA DATA NASA Climate Day / Earth Ambassadors NASA Know Your Earth Campaign NOVA Labs Ocean Surface Topography Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2 SAGE III on ISS S'COOL:
Student Cloud
Observations On - Line SMAP Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) Teaching Inquiry using NASA Earth
System Science (TINES) Terra
Year 7 Resource: This activity is designed to get
students to consider the power of formulas that make use of division in order to come up with
observations about Earth in comparison to other planets in the solar
system.
After extensive research on teacher evaluation procedures, the Measures of Effective Teaching Project mentions three different measures to provide teachers with feedback for growth: (1) classroom
observations by peer - colleagues using validated scales such as the Framework for Teaching or the Classroom Assessment Scoring
System, further described in Gathering Feedback for Teaching (PDF) and Learning About Teaching (PDF), (2)
student evaluations using the Tripod survey developed by Ron Ferguson from Harvard, which measures
students» perceptions of teachers» ability to care, control, clarify, challenge, captivate, confer, and consolidate, and (3) growth in
student learning based on standardized test scores over multiple years.
Performance - based accountability evaluates teachers» effectiveness through a comprehensive, research - based
system that combines such criteria as position responsibilities, classroom
observations, and
students» gains in test scores.
The bias in classroom
observation systems that derives from some teachers being assigned much more able
students than other teachers is very important to the overall performance of the teacher evaluation
system.
These new
systems depend primarily on two types of measurements:
student test score gains on statewide assessments in math and reading in grades 4 - 8 that can be uniquely associated with individual teachers; and systematic classroom
observations of teachers by school leaders and central staff.
In the midst of his takedown, however, came an
observation that stopped me in my tracks: «Here's the thing to remember about discipline
systems at school — every one of them codifies somebody's value
system, sets in rules and regulations judgments like «being compliant is good» or «a good
student is one who questions authority,»» Greene wrote.
Teachers» scores on the classroom
observation components of Cincinnati's evaluation
system reliably predict the achievement gains made by their
students in both math and reading.
The administration will allow states greater flexibility to use other teacher - evaluation methods, such as
student and parent surveys and
observation and feedback
systems.
While this approach contrasts starkly with status quo «principal walk - through» styles of class
observation, its use is on the rise in new and proposed evaluation
systems in which rigorous classroom
observation is often combined with other measures, such as teacher value - added based on
student test scores.
Now Tomberlin is working with teachers on several areas that could be included in the evaluation
system: content pedagogy, participation in professional learning communities,
student surveys, teacher work product, teacher
observation,
student learning objectives, and value - added measures to determine if
students have achieved a year's work in their subject.
Based on my
observations, the lives of the high school
students I teach are hemmed in everywhere by social pressures and expectations: high - stakes testing, the looming shadow of college admissions, the fiercely competitive school
system, the painful process of figuring out who you are, and the ubiquitous desire for peer acceptance.
Once they're comfortable with the way that one thinking routine has worked in their classroom, they can branch out and focus on different kinds of inquiry, like Here Now / There Then, which could be used in a civics class to help
students understand how past perspectives change over time; or Parts, Purpose, Complexities, which encourages
observation and understanding of art objects or mechanical
systems.
To assess this broad array, an evaluation
system might leverage classroom
observations, tests and school records, as well as surveys of
students, other teachers, and administrators.
The Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support
System (T - TESS) supports teacher instruction and
student performance through multiple measures that include teacher
observations, self - reflection and goal setting and
student growth.
Jason Kamras, deputy to D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee in charge of human capital, talks with Education Next about the new teacher evaluation
system put in place in D.C. Beginning this year, teachers in D.C. will be evaluated based on
student test scores (when available) and classroom
observations (by principals and master educators), and poorly performing teachers may be fired, regardless of tenure.
This collaboration has helped jump - start this work across the state and shed light on the many significant challenges associated with overhauling the hoary
systems in place, such as measuring
student achievement in «untested» grades and subjects, ensuring inter-rater agreement and accuracy of teacher practice
observations, and ending the long - standing culture of «The Widget Effect.»
An earlier study published by Education Next looked at whether an evaluation
system based on classroom
observations performed by trained professionals could identify the teachers whose
students demonstrate the largest learning gains.
It's an educator - evaluation
system that dramatically improves
observations, makes use of
student performance, rewards excellence, and has meaningful consequences for persistence low performance.
Cincinnati's merit pay plan, proposed in 2002, was overwhelmingly voted down by teachers (1892 to 73), even though the program did not base bonuses on
student test scores, but rather on a multifaceted evaluation
system that included classroom
observations by professional peers and administrators and portfolios of lesson plans and
student work.
They must also create comprehensive
systems of teacher and principal development, evaluation and support that include factors beyond test scores, such as principal
observation, peer review,
student work, or parent and
student feedback... they must set new performance targets for improving
student achievement and closing achievement gaps.
One is Kai - ming Cheng's
observation in his chapter on the Shanghai
system in which he describes how a certain number of slots in key schools in Shanghai are set aside for
students from outside that schools» enrollment area who can choose that school if they wish.
Established in the 2009 - 10 school year, D.C.'s IMPACT evaluation
system relies on a complex mix of factors to score each teacher, including both multiple
observations and measures of
student achievement.
The result is a
system that incorporates
student achievement data, teacher
observations, leadership
observations, and performance evaluations into a comprehensive view of school performance.
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.
In addition, some research, including an ongoing study of measures of effective teaching supported by the Gates Foundation, gives credence to the use of
student achievement measures when combined with other measures, such as teacher
observations and
student feedback, as part of an effective teacher evaluation
system.
While Kraft and Gilmour assert that «
systems that place greater weight on normative measures such as value - added scores rather than... [just]...
observations have fewer teachers rated proficient» (p. 19; see also Steinberg & Kraft, forthcoming; a related article about how this has occurred in New Mexico here; and New Mexico's 2014 - 2016 data below and here, as also illustrative of the desired normal curve distributions discussed above), I highly doubt this purely reflects New Mexico's «commitment to putting
students first.»
The
system connects data from multiple sources, from self - assessment and classroom
observation results to information from
student learning and achievement projects.
... the assessment
system should be able to identify features of
student behaviour and make
observations on it, not in terms of binary correctness, but in the form of useful information on the ways in which the learner has engaged with the activity.
The New Teacher Project (TNTP) has been a strong advocate for changing evaluation
systems to add
student test scores into the mix and beef up teacher
observations.
Under the Annual Professional Performance Review
system, each teacher receives a summary evaluation based on state - approved and local measures of
student performance (including the teacher's VAM score), classroom
observations, and other measures.
Since 2009, 46 states have reformed their teacher evaluation
systems, incorporating such elements as
student performance measures, standards - based classroom
observations, and even parent and
student feedback (Steinberg & Donaldson, 2015).
Known as the HEDI rating
system, this approach to teacher evaluation draws upon multiple measures, including
student growth measures and
observations of teacher practice.
Classroom walkthroughs, formal
observations, interactions with the principal, feedback from peers, a
student / parent survey and personal reflections will all factor into a review, without assigning specific weights or points that other evaluation
systems quantify.
Develop a multi-metric evaluation
system that includes, but is not limited to,
observations by master teachers or instructional coaches,
student input, peer input, and parental input.
Observations of Effective Teacher -
Student Interactions in Secondary School Classrooms: Predicting
Student Achievement With the Classroom Assessment Scoring
System - Secondary.
Teachers who score «ineffective» on either
student performance or principal
observations can still be rated «developing» overall if they score highly on the other metric, meaning some teachers that would have previously been pushed out of the
system will be allowed to stay in the classroom at least a while longer.
The evaluation
system uses subjective in - class
observations for half of its scoring criteria, and
student growth and achievement for the remainder.
They must also create comprehensive
systems of teacher and principal development, evaluation and support that include factors beyond test scores, such as principal
observation, peer review,
student work, or parent and
student feedback.