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Standing, Kim; Lewis, Laurie – National Center for Education Statistics, 2020
This Data Point compares the sources of information in evaluating teacher performance and how the information is used by traditional public school and public charter school principals in the United States. It uses data from the public school principal questionnaire from the 2017-18 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), a nationally…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Teacher Evaluation, Public Schools, Charter Schools
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Snodgrass Rangel, Virginia; Bell, Elizabeth R.; Monroy, Carlos – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2017
A key assumption of accountability policies is that educators will use data to improve their instruction. In practice, however, data use is quite hard, and more districts are looking to instructional coaches to support their teachers. The purpose of this descriptive analysis is to examine how instructional coaches in elementary and middle school…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Science Education, Data, Accountability
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Strietholt, Rolf; Scherer, Ronny – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The present paper aims to discuss how data from international large-scale assessments (ILSAs) can be utilized and combined, even with other existing data sources, in order to monitor educational outcomes and study the effectiveness of educational systems. We consider different purposes of linking data, namely, extending outcomes measures,…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Group Testing, Outcomes of Education, Outcome Measures
Abrams, Lisa; Varier, Divya; Jackson, Lisa – Perspectives in Education, 2016
The use of assessment data to inform instruction is an important component of a comprehensive standards-based assessment programme. Examining teachers' data use for instruction can reveal the extent to which instruction is aligned with established content standards and assessment. This paper describes results of a qualitative study of teachers'…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Alignment (Education), Instructional Improvement, Evaluation Utilization
Abrams, Lisa; Varier, Divya; Jackson, Lisa – Grantee Submission, 2016
The use of assessment data to inform instruction is an important component of a comprehensive standards-based assessment programme. Examining teachers' data use for instruction can reveal the extent to which instruction is aligned with established content standards and assessment. This paper describes results of a qualitative study of teachers'…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Elementary School Teachers, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization