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di Martino, Pietro; Baccaglini-Frank, Anna – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2017
In this article, we discuss the potential of a critical approach to standardized tests and their results. In particular, we explore and discuss this potential not only for the assessment of students' mathematical competence, but also for teachers' professional development. We identify and describe two kinds of potential: the Informational…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Mathematics Tests, Faculty Development, Evaluation Utilization
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Stein, Sarah J.; Spiller, Dorothy; Terry, Stuart; Harris, Trudy; Deaker, Lynley; Kennedy, Jo – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2013
Internationally, centralised systems of student evaluation have become normative practice in higher education institutions, providing data for monitoring teaching quality and for teacher professional development. While extensive research has been done on student evaluations, there is less research-based evidence about teachers' perceptions of and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Doherty, Kathryn M.; Jacobs, Sandi – National Council on Teacher Quality, 2013
The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has long advocated that any meaningful understanding of "effective" teaching must be rooted in results for kids. Whatever else they accomplish in the classroom, effective teachers improve student achievement. It seems like commonsense. Yet, until recently, it has been an exceptional way of…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, State Policy, Evaluation Methods
Bornfreund, Laura; McCann, Clare; Williams, Conor; Guernsey, Lisa – New America, 2014
Earlier this year, in "Subprime Learning: Early Education in America since the Great Recession," the current state of early education in the U.S. was surveyed by examining progress over the last five years . It was found that while the public, political, and research consensus is stronger than ever, the field remains in dire need of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators
Summerhill, W. R.; Taylor, C. L. – 1984
The purposes of this study are: (1) to investigate the attitudes of Florida Extension Service specialists toward in-service education evaluation; (2) to determine the extent to which extension specialists are evaluating in-service education programs for which they have responsibility; (3) to determine the kinds of in-service education evaluation…
Descriptors: Adults, Content Analysis, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators
Boyd, Ronald T. C. – 1989
Characteristics of effective teacher evaluations are reviewed, and some common teacher concerns are discussed. A teacher evaluation system should give teachers useful feedback on classroom needs, the opportunity to learn new teaching techniques, and counsel from principals and other teachers on how to make changes in their classrooms. Standards…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods