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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480326403321

Autore

Popham W. James

Titolo

Evaluating America's teachers : mission possible? / / W. James Popham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, a SAGE Company, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4833-0755-7

1-4522-7758-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

371.1440973

Soggetti

Teachers - Rating of - United States

Teacher effectiveness

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""C""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Publisher's Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - What Underlies the Tightening of  Today's Teacher-Evaluation Programs?""; ""Chapter 2 - Human Judgment: Needed or Not?""; ""Chapter 3 - Defensible Teacher Evaluation""; ""Chapter 4 - Evidence From Standardized Tests""; ""Chapter 5 - Evidence From Classroom Assessments""; ""Chapter 6 - Evidence From Classroom Observations""; ""Chapter 7 - Evidence From Ratings""; ""Chapter 8 - Evidence From Sundry Sources""; ""Chapter 9 - Mission Possible?""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

When teacher evaluations are fair, everyone wins.  Poor evaluation systems don't just hurt teachers-they hurt students, too. That's why America can't afford to wait for the teacher-evaluation problem to be solved. To provide balanced, accurate, and rigorous evaluations that take into account each teacher's particular circumstances, only one system can work: evidence-governed collegial judgment. This book includes:     A discussion of common evaluation systems, including testing, value-added models, and observations     Analysis of federal guidelines and state responses     Action steps teache