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Assessing teacher competency : five standards-based steps to valid measurement using the CAATS model / / Judy R. Wilkerson, William Steven Lang ; foreword by Richard C. Kunkel ; acquisitions editor Faye Zucker ; cover designer Audrey Snodgrass



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Titolo: Assessing teacher competency : five standards-based steps to valid measurement using the CAATS model / / Judy R. Wilkerson, William Steven Lang ; foreword by Richard C. Kunkel ; acquisitions editor Faye Zucker ; cover designer Audrey Snodgrass Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007
©2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
Disciplina: 379.157
Soggetto topico: Teachers - Certification - United States
Teacher effectiveness - United States
Persona (resp. second.): LangWilliam Steven
KunkelRichard C.
ZuckerFaye
SnodgrassAudrey
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""A Step-by-Step Guide to Competency Assessment Aligned with Teacher Standards�The CAATS Model for Improved Teacher Assessment""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 - Expectations and Options for Accountability and Teacher Assessment""; ""The Challenge f rom the National Commission on Teaching and America�s Future""; ""Title II of the Higher Education Act Amendments of 1998""; ""No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Legislation""
""National Research Council�The Committee on Assessment and Teacher Quality""""What a Few Others Have Said: A Brief Review of the Literature on Testing and Licensure""; ""Standards: The Road Map to Accountability and Scientifically Based Performance Assessment""; ""The Principal Sets of Standards Governing our Work ""; ""National and State Pedagogical and Content Standards""; ""Unit Accreditation and Operational Standards""; ""Technical Standards for Measurement of Teacher Competency""; ""Some Major Threats to Validity in Most Current Assessment Systems""
""Conceptual Frameworks: Pulling it all Together""""NCATE Standards""; ""INTASC Principles: Where NCATE and AERA, APA, and NCME Standards Converge""; ""Making Sense of Conceptual Frameworks""; ""Our Conceptual Framework: What We Value""; ""Assessment Options""; ""Records of Training Completed""; ""Tests and Exam Scores""; ""Observations of Performance""; ""Portfolios of Assessable Artifacts""; ""Job-Related Tasks and Work Sample Products""; ""K�12 Student Work Samples""; ""Wrap-Up""; ""Activity #1.1: What�s Happening in Your State and School?""
""Activity #1.2: Questionnaire for Faculty Views on Competency Assessment""""Activity #1.3: Assessment Belief Scale�Beliefs about Assessment""; ""Activity #1.4: Assessment Options""; ""Chapter 2 - Portfolios�To Be or Not to Be? That is the Question!""; ""The Portfolio: Panacea or Pandora�s Box?""; ""Portfolios as Certification “Tests�: Lessons from Standards and History""; ""Assessment Illiteracy, Paradigm Shifts, and Conflicting Purposes""; ""The Conflict of Formative vs. Summative Assessment""; ""The Conflict of Program Approval vs. Accreditation""
""The Conflict of Regulatory vs. Professional Perspectives""""The Conflict of Freedom vs. Accountability""; ""The Conflict of Constructivism vs. Positivism""; ""Recommendations for Use of Portfolios in Accountability Contexts""; ""Ten Recommendations for Assessment System Design""; ""A Recommended, Standards-Based Model""; ""Overview of Competency Assessments Aligned with Teacher Standards (CAATS) Model""; ""CAATS Step 1: Define Purpose, Use, Propositions, Content, and Other Contextual Factors""; ""CAATS Step 2: Develop a Valid Sampling Plan""
""CAATS Step 3: Create or Update Tasks Aligned with Standards and Consistent with the Sampling Plan""
Sommario/riassunto: This comprehensive five-step model for measuring teacher knowledge and skills helps teacher educators and school administrators prepare fair, valid, and reliable assessments of teacher performance.
Titolo autorizzato: Assessing teacher competency  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4522-9752-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910815548803321
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