New teachers face a steep learning curve, but preservice training that includes observation, feedback, and practice may give them a boost, finds a new study by the National Center for Education ...

School boards across the state have their work cut out for them. Leading a school district is hard enough, and now they must prepare to bargain with teachers' unions over subjects that have been off ...

“Value added” gauges based on growth in student test scores and students’ perceptions of their teachers both hold promise as components of a system for identifying and promoting teacher effectiveness, ...

A study of teacher evaluation in five charter schools from Morgaen L. Donaldson with Heather G. Peske. Teacher evaluation and charter schools feature prominently in President Barack Obama’s proposals ...

Teachers across Michigan’s K-12 schools are almost universally considered effective in annual evaluations reported to the ...

Teacher effectiveness is widely recognised as a critical determinant of student achievement, influencing both short‐term academic performance and long‐term socioeconomic outcomes. Extensive research ...

A new paper from Jamil Maroun and Christopher Tienken sets out to determine whether a state’s big standardized test measures student learning, teacher effectiveness, or something else. The answer, it ...

A student reviews a reading comprehension assignment in a third grade class in Wake County. Scott Sharpe ssharpe@newsobserver.com North Carolina leaders who want to change how teachers are paid ...

The influence of having a black teacher can make a monumental difference in a black student's life, and the effect begins early in an education. Despite major reforms to evaluation systems designed to ...

Rather than have students memorize definitions and facts about a science topic such as light, an effective first grade teacher today would have students investigate various types of objects under ...

At Education Next, Michael Petrilli (Fordham Institute) argues that economic hard times are looming for school districts in the country, and it’s time to reconsider how teachers are laid off. We’ve ...