States and districts could learn a lot
about teacher impacts on student achievement during the first few years on the job, as long as they assemble their student and teacher data to compare end - of - year performance among classrooms of students with similar baseline characteristics.
After two decades of research, we know that even the most - rigorous classroom observations are far less accurate in
measuring teacher impact on student achievement than either value - added analysis of test score growth data or even student surveys such as the Tripod system developed by Cambridge Education and Harvard's Ronald Ferguson.
SFSF indicator (b)(3) requires Virginia to provide teachers of reading / language arts and mathematics in which the State administers assessments with reports of individual reports of
individual teacher impact on student achievement on those assessments.
«Estimating
teacher impacts on student achievement: An experimental evaluation.»
Allen Oddon commented that «All new efforts to produce teacher effectiveness indicators, of which I am aware, include both measures of a teacher's instructional practice and direct evidence of
the teacher impact on student achievement.»
All new efforts to produce teacher effectiveness indicators, of which I am aware, include both measures of a teacher's instructional practice and direct evidence of
the teacher impact on student achievement.