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Rush to Judgment: Teacher Evaluation in Public Education

View: http://www.educationsector.org/usr_doc/RushToJudgment_ES_Jan08.pdf
By: Rothman, Robert and Thomas Toch

Focus Area:  Governance & Management

Abstract:  In this report, the authors examine the causes and consequences of the crisis in teacher evaluation, as well as its implications for the current debate about performance pay for teachers. The report examines a number of strong evaluation systems - including those of charter schools – highlighting exemplary systems that can serve as models for other schools and systems. For example, Williamsburg Collegiate, a Brooklyn, N.Y., charter school, uses a two-leader model that allows one school director to evaluate and coach teachers regularly as the school's instructional leader, while a second director manages the school's non-academic operations. To compliment the instructional leader's evaluations, Collegiate brings in outside observers to observe every teacher as they conduct a daylong annual visit of the school.

Resource Type:  Other
Resource Format:  PDF File
Target Audience:  Founders, Administrators, Policy Makers, Researchers
Resource Topic:  Personnel & HR