Advancing the Teaching Profession

Evaluating the evaluators

Debates continue to swirl over the use of student test scores—and any number of statistical models—to assess which teachers are effective or not. Fueled by the priorities of the U.S. Department of Education (including its Race to the Top and No Child Left Behind waiver rules), 40 states are now using some form of value-added (VA)1 or student growth (SG)2 models in their new teacher evaluation systems.

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6 ways to make the most of RESPECT

The blueprint gets a lot right, but now we need to fill in the missing pieces.

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Preparation routes: Teachers leading the way

What better way to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Day than by sharing and discussing the ideas and experiences of teacher leaders? Today, CTQ released a report on teacher education, written by a team of 17 teachers with diverse preparation experiences.

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Withering "Rhee-form"

Over the last week or so, there has been an unusual spate of news reports, research studies, and op-eds published suggesting that the current teaching quality reform—or perhaps better titled “Rhee-form”—agenda may be beginning to wither.

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Curious teacher ratings? Or curious reporting?

Questions reporters should be asking—but aren't—about teacher ratings and evaluation.

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3 lessons for education schools and policymakers

A to-do list for the teacher-education community.

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4 lessons for teacher education reform

What we can learn about teacher prep from research, other countries, and other professions.

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#ISTP2013 travel log: Transcending teacher evaluation

The third annual International Summit on the Teaching Profession concluded yesterday on an interesting note. The parties in attendance still had conflicting thoughts on the purpose of evaluation: control or "liberation" of teachers. And the tensions between OECD, with its emphasis on measurement, and Education International, and its focus on support, remained.

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#ISTP2013 travel log: Evaluating teachers in teams

Barnett Berry's third dispatch from the 2013 International Summit on the Teaching Profession in Amsterdam.

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#ISTP2013 travel log: Teaching at a crossroads

Barnett Berry's second dispatch from the 2013 International Summit on the Teaching Profession.

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