Evaluating America's Teachers : Mission Possible?.

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 a...

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Main Author: Popham, W. (William) James
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2013.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781452260853
1452260850
9781452277585
1452277583
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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.