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Karantonakis, Lisa – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The educator evaluation system has changed in the United States. Mandated by education reform, states are now required to look at their evaluation systems more closely to monitor the effectiveness of teachers and to see how students are learning in schools. The purpose of this Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) study is to understand…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Phenomenology, Teacher Evaluation, Self Efficacy
Nakamura, Yugo – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Value-added models (VAMs) have received considerable attention as a tool to transform our public education system. However, as VAMs are studied by researchers from a broad range of academic disciplines who remain divided over the best methods in analyzing the models and stakeholders without the extensive statistical background have been excluded…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Statistical Analysis, Models, Design
Marlin, Benjamin – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Education planning provides the policy maker and the decision maker a logical framework in which to develop and implement education policy. At the international level, education planning is often confounded by both internal and external complexities, making the development of education policy difficult. This research presents a discrete event…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Simulation
Hadfield, Timothy E.; Hutchison-Lupardus, Tammy R.; Snyder, Jennifer E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This problem-based learning project addressed the need to improve the construction and implementation of value-added teacher evaluation policies and instruments. State officials are constructing value-added teacher evaluation models due to accountability initiatives, while ignoring the holes and problems in its implementation. The team's…
Descriptors: Scores, Educational Testing, Problem Based Learning, Teacher Evaluation
Hutchison-Lupardus, Tammy R.; Hatfield, Timothy E.; Snyder, Jennifer E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This problem-based learning project addressed the need to improve the construction and implementation of value-added teacher evaluation policies and instruments. State officials are constructing value-added teacher evaluation models due to accountability initiatives, while ignoring the holes and problems in its implementation. The team's…
Descriptors: Scores, Educational Testing, Problem Based Learning, Teacher Evaluation
Snyder, Jennifer E.; Hadfield, Timothy E.; Hutchison-Lupardus, Tammy R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This problem-based learning project addressed the need to improve the construction and implementation of value-added teacher evaluation policies and instruments. State officials are constructing value-added teacher evaluation models due to accountability initiatives, while ignoring the holes and problems in its implementation. The team's…
Descriptors: Scores, Educational Testing, Problem Based Learning, Teacher Evaluation
Zajonc, Tristan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Effective policymaking requires understanding the causal effects of competing proposals. Relevant causal quantities include proposals' expected effect on different groups of recipients, the impact of policies over time, the potential trade-offs between competing objectives, and, ultimately, the optimal policy. This dissertation studies causal…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Policy Formation, Bayesian Statistics, Economic Development