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Articles: Evaluation

Teacher Evaluations Get Reconstructed

District Profile
New evaluation tool emphasizes teacher self-assessment, PD and student data.
Courtney Williams
District Administration, March 2012
Tags: 
federal policy
Race to the Top

See the Future, Change the Present

From the Editor
Predictive analysis can support quick change and raise student high school graduation and college completion rates.
Judy Faust Hartnett
District Administration, March 2012
Tags: 
data driven decision
formative

How Many Peanuts Should the Penguin Feed the Elephant?

Professional Opinion
Revealing the beauty of mathematics.
Matthew Peterson
District Administration, January 2012
Tags: 
individualized learning
math curriculum
student achievement

Tough Tactics for Retention

Administrator Profile
Superintendent Jose M. Torres, Illinois School District U-46
Jennifer Elise Chase
District Administration, January 2012
Tags: 
achievement gap
at-risk
graduation rate
Latinos
low-income

Getting Accountability Right

Professional Opinion
The case for local innovation that goes above and beyond requirements.
Douglas B. Reeves
District Administration, October 2011

Reports Offer Some Answers

Laurene Johnson
District Administration, October 2011
Tags: 
data driven decision

Does Class Size Really Matter?

With Over 60 percent of school districts considering staff reductions to balance budgets, class size is likely on many educators' minds.
Laurene Johnson
District Administration, October 2011
Tags: 
best practices
data driven decision

A Small Community’s Innovative Curriculum Coaches

Administrator Profile
Lizzy Kloiber, secondary curriculum director of Celina (Texas) Independent School District knew the district needed coaches, and was determined to find a way to pay for them.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, October 2011
Tags: 
best practices
grants
mentors

Teacher Evaluation Is Not Synonymous With Teacher Quality

Supervisors Opinion
We should focus on coaching and collaboration, not evaluation.
Eamonn O'Donovan
District Administration, Jul 2011
Tags: 
assessment
eammon o'donovan
supervisor's opinion
teacher evaluation
value-added

Measuring the Effectiveness of New Teachers

News Update
A new teacher performance model will evaluate lesson plans, grade books, assignments and class videos to both assess teachers and improve teacher licensure programs.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, May 2011
Tags: 
assessment
teacher evaluation

Are Your Graduates Succeeding in College?

Feature
Using graduate data to assess achievement in K12.
Ed Finkel
District Administration, Apr 2011
Tags: 
college readiness
data driven decision
Race to the Top
student achievement

What's Your Data Integration Strategy?

Feature
Districts are using data warehouses and data dashboards to drive immediate decisions.
Alan Dessoff
District Administration, Mar 2011
Tags: 
data driven decision
student achievement

What's the Value in Value-Added?

Feature
A controversial measure of teaching quality gains momentum as federal grants spur districts to adopt it.
Elizabeth Duffrin
District Administration, Jan 2011
Tags: 
teacher
teacher evaluation
value-added

For the Love of Learning

Online Edge
Passing the test and getting kids into college are not enough.
Will Richardson
District Administration, Oct 2010
Tags: 
21st-century learning
online learning

Seeking Tangible Results for Effective Teaching

News Update
Hillsborough County (Fla.) Public Schools embarks on its second year of collecting data for grant project from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Sep 2010
Tags: 
teacher evaluation
teacher observation
value-added

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