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Coming of Age: Systematic Performance Evaluation.
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Capie, William – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1985
State legislative action to control and reward teaching quality has resulted in the coming of age of systematic teacher performance evaluation for certification, merit pay, or career ladder advancement decisions. This article overviews issues of credibility and practicality--including test design, validity, and reliability--which arise when…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Interaction Process Analysis, Job Performance
Observation as an Approach to Measuring Teacher Competency.
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Wiersma, William; Gibney, Thomas – Action in Teacher Education, 1985
Much of the responsibility for measuring teacher competency rests with teacher educators. Instead of developing new observation inventories, educators should use available ones. This article describes instruments used at the University of Toledo's competency-based teacher education program since 1979 and suggests they are broad enough to be used…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Evaluation Methods, Minimum Competency Testing, National Competency Tests
Testing Teachers for Merit Pay Purposes in Florida.
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Fisher, Thomas H.; And Others – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1985
The new Florida Master Teacher Program in which the state provides bonuses directly to qualified teachers is described. Three measurement issues in implementing the program are discussed: (1) evaluating a teacher's classroom performance; (2) evaluating a teacher's subject area knowledge; and (3) combining scores to determine which teachers…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Job Performance, Merit Pay
Performance-Based Certification in Georgia. Teaching Field Criterion-Referenced Tests Development. On-the-Job Assessment Development. Schedule for Implementation of Performance-Based Certification.
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Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Planning and Development. – 1979
Performance-based teacher certification in Georgia is centered on: criterion-referenced tests, and on-the-job assessment procedures for student teachers and beginning teachers. A state-funded contract was awarded to develop teacher certification tests, resulting in a 250-item pool and 15 criterion-referenced tests for 32 teaching fields. Cutting…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Observation Techniques, Competency Based Teacher Education, Criterion Referenced Tests