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Anthony R. Reibel; Eric Twadell; Mark Onuscheck; Troy Gobble – Solution Tree, 2025
Transform your school's grading practices with this updated second edition on evidence-based grading. The book provides a five-phase process for moving beyond standards-based and competency-based grading models. Administrators and teachers will gain understanding of the core principles of evidence-based assessment, refocus assessments on…
Descriptors: Grading, Evidence Based Practice, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Kenneth M. Zeichner, Editor; Linda Darling-Hammond, Editor; Amy I. Berman, Editor; Dian Dong, Editor; Gary Sykes, Editor – National Academy of Education, 2024
The National Academy of Education (NAEd) undertook this consensus report on the evaluation and improvement of teacher preparation programs (TPPs). Specifically, this consensus report aims to (1) identify and disseminate best practices for evaluating and improving TPPs to promote teacher effectiveness and student achievement; (2) provide…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation, Accountability, Program Improvement
Kansas State Department of Education, 2021
School readiness occurs within a broad context that includes the four components of community, educational environment, family and the individual child. These four components function as interdependent systems of support that have multidirectional influences. Early childhood experiences, from birth through age 8, are necessary for school success…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Preschool Education, School Schedules
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Berk, Ronald A. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2018
Student ratings are not leaving today or anytime soon. However, as the title of this article indicates, student ratings are not the only option to provide evidence in the evaluation of teaching. There is a broad range of alternatives to consider beyond student ratings in the delicate decision-making processes to improve teaching and determine the…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Information Sources, Teacher Evaluation, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
Marshal Conley, Contributor; Catherine Green, Contributor; Michelle Perry, Contributor; Claudette Rasmussen, Contributor – Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2014
This tool is a simplified version of the evaluation framework developed by Wenger, Trayner, and de Laat (2011), building upon Kirkpatrick (1976, 1994). These internationally recognized experts on professional learning and collaboration developed their value creation framework to address the dual challenges of attending to the diversity of types of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Professional Education
Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform Center, 2019
The "Roadmap for Educator Preparation Reform" is a planning framework intended to guide and support educator preparation programs (EPPs) to integrate evidence-based and high-leverage practices within and across coursework and field experiences. The roadmap highlights the major guidelines that EPPs should consider throughout the reform…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Education Programs, Change Strategies, Leadership Responsibility
Hougen, Martha C., Ed.; Smartt, Susan M., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2020
Understand the science of reading and how to implement evidence-based instruction to increase the reading and writing achievement of pre-K-6 students, including those at risk for reading difficulties. Fully revised and updated, this core text covers the research base for structured literacy instruction and practical guidance on the essential…
Descriptors: Spelling, Evidence Based Practice, Reading Achievement, Writing Achievement
Alice Woodrow; Elizabeth Whitten; Kelli J. Esteves – Free Spirit Publishing, 2019
This practical, ready-to-use resource gives teachers and administrators the tools to successfully implement RTI or strengthen an existing program to target students' specific needs. Response to Intervention allows educators to assess and meet the needs of struggling students before they have fallen too far behind. Three expert authors explore this…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Student Needs, At Risk Students, Multi Tiered Systems of Support
Kansas State Department of Education, 2018
School readiness occurs within a broad context that includes the four components of community, educational environment, family and the individual child. These four components function as interdependent systems of support that have multidirectional influences. Early childhood experiences, from birth through age 8, are necessary for school success…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Preschool Education, School Schedules
University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2014
The use of data to inform decisionmaking and practice at the school and district levels is now a common feature of reform efforts. Advances in districts' technological capacities have produced data systems that allow a flow of data to and from schools, often to the point of creating an overwhelming flood of information. To make the flow of…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, College Readiness, Decision Making, Evaluation Utilization
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Keengwe, Jared, Ed.; Onchwari, Grace, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Standardized tests have been selected as a key assessment factor in expanding the academic achievement of the national student population. However, these tests position immigrant students at the risk of academic failure, leading education experts to search for new strategies and teaching models. The "Handbook of Research on Assessment…
Descriptors: Guides, Immigrants, Refugees, Land Settlement
Boudett, Kathryn Parker, Ed.; City, Elizabeth A., Ed.; Murnane, Richard J., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2013
"Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning" presents a clear and carefully tested blueprint for school leaders. It shows how examining test scores and other classroom data can become a catalyst for important schoolwide conversations that will enhance schools' abilities to capture…
Descriptors: Guides, Information Utilization, Student Evaluation, Educational Improvement
Heritage, Margaret – Corwin, 2010
Formative assessment allows teachers to identify and close gaps in student understanding and move learning forward. Now this research-based book helps educators develop the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully implement formative assessment in the classroom. Margaret Heritage walks readers through every step of the process and offers…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Evidence Based Practice, Program Implementation
Hall, Gene E., Ed.; Quin, Linda F., Ed.; Gollnick, Donna M., Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2018
This enlightening handbook offers current, international perspectives on the conditions in communities, contemporary practices in schooling, relevant research on teaching and learning, and implications for the future of education. It contains diverse conceptual frameworks for analyzing existing issues in education, including but not limited to…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Context Effect
Kite, Mary E., Ed. – Society for the Teaching of Psychology, 2012
This book compiles several essays about effective evaluation of teaching. Contents of this publication include: (1) Conducting Research on Student Evaluations of Teaching (William E. Addison and Jeffrey R. Stowell); (2) Choosing an Instrument for Student Evaluation of Instruction (Jared W. Keeley); (3) Formative Teaching Evaluations: Is Student…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Online Courses, Teacher Effectiveness
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