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Chen, Jingping – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2015
In this commentary, I interpret Xinying Yin and Gayle Ann Buck's collaborative action research from a social-cultural perspective. Classroom implementation of formative assessment is viewed as interaction between this assessment method and the local learning culture. I first identify Yin and Buck's definition of the formative assessment, and then…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Cultural Context, Action Research, Educational Change
Marsh, Josephine Peyton – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2013
This commentary is based on two of the lessons the author learned as the professor in residence at ASU Preparatory Academy-Phoenix (ASU Prep), a Title I school operated in partnership with the Phoenix Elementary School District. Her role as a university professor on special assignment as a literacy coach, staff developer, and co-researcher. The…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Communities of Practice, Instructional Improvement, Literacy
Guskey, Thomas R. – Journal of Staff Development, 2005
Accountability is now a requirement in education, and that extends to professional development. Leaders must understand what evaluation is, what its purposes are, and the critical levels of professional development evaluation to be able to provide meaningful data that demonstrate the difference professional learning makes.
Descriptors: Accountability, Professional Development, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation

Singh, Ram – Education, 1984
Peer evaluation has great potential as a method of improving classroom instruction and enhancing the self-esteem and professional growth of teachers. The peer evaluation format would be more formative than summative and might include team teaching, videotaping, and reflective teaching--a carefully structured method of peer teaching. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Instructional Improvement, Peer Evaluation
Burkett, Hugh – Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2006
Hugh Burkett, director of The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, recently was asked to give the keynote speech at On the Right Track 4, an annual school improvement symposium for California school practitioners. In this month's newsletter, Dr. Burkett shares highlights from his remarks. He sets forth six things that should…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals, Instructional Leadership
American Federation of Teachers, 2006
This document contains resolution text adopted by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in July 1998 regarding Redesigning Low-Performing Schools. A Question & Answer section follows the resolution, addressing the following issues: (1) Union support for redesign or closure of low-performing schools; (2) Indicators of low-performing schools…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Unions, Educational Improvement, Educational Indicators
Public Service Satellite Consortium, Washington, DC. – 1989
The proceedings from six Public Service Satellite Consortium audioconferences conducted in 1988 provide information on preparing teachers and students for teaching and learning at a distance; costs and benefits of distance education; secrets to success and pitfalls to avoid; technological innovations; international trends; and methods for…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Distance Education, Economic Factors, Educational Innovation

Haefele, Donald L. – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1993
The dominant model of teacher evaluation is inadequate. Formative evaluation should be emphasized over summative evaluation, and new approaches must use legal procedures, design content-valid instruments, develop reliable indicators, and use effective conferencing techniques. Motivation and development must become the focus of teacher evaluation.…
Descriptors: Conferences, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Crosson, Amy C.; Boston, Melissa; Levison, Allison; Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Resnick, Lauren B.; Wolf, Mikyung Kim; Junker, Brian W. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2006
In order to improve students' opportunities to learn, educators need tools that can assist them to reflect on and analyze their own and others' teaching practice. Many available observation tools and protocols for studying student work are inadequate because they do not directly engage educators in core issues about rigorous content and pedagogy.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Summative Evaluation, Professional Development, Instructional Effectiveness
Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration, Armidale (Australia). – 1980
The Fourth Regional Conference of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration, held in Nicosia, Cyprus, in January 1980, focused on the possible impact of foreseeable changes in educaiton on the school administrator's role. The 16 papers presented (published in this volume) addressed the development of Cyprus's dual educational system;…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Computers, Curriculum Development