Teacher Quality

The latest news about teacher quality, including articles, Commentaries, and special features.

Commentary

Value-Added Evaluation Hurts Teaching

Linda Darling-Hammond says new teacher-evaluation methods are needed, but judging teachers based on student test scores does more harm than good. (March 5, 2012)

Spotlight on Teacher Evaluation

Assessing teacher performance is a complicated issue and this Spotlight examines ways to assess teaching and efforts to improve teacher evaluation.

Issue Backgrounder

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Teacher Beat Blog

05/23 05:45 pm | Iowa Bill Creates Teacher Career-Ladder Program | Iowa teachers will have the opportunity to assume new roles as "model," "mentor," and "lead" teachers, along with additional pay, under a bill passed May 22 and headed to the ...

Teaching Now Blog

05/23 03:30 pm | New Thinking on the Costs of Punitive Discipline | New research finds that harsh punishments can help students "internalize" moral norms but that they do so at a dual cost.

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Enhancing Teacher Effectiveness
In this webinar, our guests discussed the impact of, and best strategies for, enhancing teacher effectiveness.

Special Collection

Quality Counts 2008

This report includes a number of new indicators that look at incentives to attract and keep people in the teaching profession, among other things.

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States Tighten Disclosure of Teacher Evaluations
Twenty-three states exempt individual teacher-evaluation ratings from disclosure under open-records laws.
May 23, 2013 - Education Week
Calif. Struggles to Assess Teacher-Training Programs
After students leave schools of education, and after years of reforms, Calif. institutions often have no way of ascertaining if their programs produced strong teachers.
May 17, 2013 - Education Week
Do New Exams Produce Better Teachers? States Act While Educators Debate
Some educators say evidence is lacking on whether new performance assessments are creating better teachers, according to this article from Education Week content partner The Hechinger Report.
May 17, 2013 - Education Week
States' Teacher-Exam Bar Set Low, Federal Data Show
The passing score on licensing tests is lower in every state than the mean score of the pool of aspiring teachers taking the tests.
May 14, 2013 - Education Week
Diversity at Issue as States Weigh Teacher Entry
States look to raise the entry bar on teaching programs, but worry about the prospects for black and Latino candidates.
May 7, 2013 - Education Week
Letter to the Editor
Teachers Should Receive More Time to Collaborate
May 7, 2013 - Education Week
Judge Dismisses Challenge to Florida Teacher Law
A circuit judge Thursday tossed out a lawsuit challenging a state law requiring merit pay for teachers and ending tenure for new hires.
May 3, 2013 - AP
Commentary
Want to Build a Better Teacher Evaluation? Ask a Teacher
Current efforts to improve the evaluation process will prove futile without input from classroom teachers, write Ross Wiener and Kasia Lundy.
April 29, 2013 - Education Week
Cuomo Questions Buffalo Teacher Evaluations Deal
April 24, 2013 - AP
Commentary
How Do You Evaluate Teachers Who Change Lives?
Can evaluation rubrics capture the qualities that make some teachers extraordinary, asks Lorraine Bellon Cella.
April 16, 2013 - Education Week

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