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Direct linkNicolas J. Tanchuk; Rebecca M. Taylor – Educational Theory, 2025
AI tutors are promised to expand access to personalized learning, improving student achievement and addressing disparities in resources available to students across socioeconomic contexts. The rapid development and introduction of AI tutors raises fundamental questions of epistemic trust in education. What criteria should guide students' critical…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Tutors
Download full textMustafa Kayyali – Online Submission, 2023
In response to the shifting educational landscape and the growing emphasis on responsibility and quality, quality assurance systems in higher education have experienced significant modification throughout time. These systems are essential for assuring the delivery of high-quality educational programmes and preserving the standing and reputation of…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Higher Education, Educational Change
Aittola, Helena – European Journal of Higher Education, 2017
In Europe, doctoral education systems have been systematically reformed. These reforms are aimed at improving the quality of research and the competitiveness of European countries. In Finland, the reform project of doctoral education started vigorously in the mid-1990s which has contributed significantly to the emergence of more structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Educational Change, Institutional Characteristics
Katz, Daniel S. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2016
Including growth models based on student test scores in teacher evaluations effectively holds teachers individually accountable for students improving their test scores. While an attractive policy for state administrators and advocates of education reform, value-added measures have been fraught with problems, and their use in teacher evaluation is…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Models, Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Konstantopoulos, Spyros – Teachers College Record, 2014
Background: In the last decade, the effects of teachers on student performance (typically manifested as state-wide standardized tests) have been re-examined using statistical models that are known as value-added models. These statistical models aim to compute the unique contribution of the teachers in promoting student achievement gains from grade…
Descriptors: Accountability, Models, Literature Reviews, Teacher Effectiveness
Marchant, Gregory J.; David, Kristine A.; Rodgers, Deborah; German, Rachel L. – Teacher Educator, 2015
Current accountability trends suggest an increasing role in state mandates regarding teacher evaluation. With various evaluation models and components serving as the basis for quality teaching, teacher education programs need to recognize the role teacher evaluation plays and incorporate aspects where appropriate. This article makes that case and…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Models
Krnjaja, Živka – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2015
The paper addresses Serbian preschool education Curriculum Framework as one of dimensions of the preschool education quality. The first part of paper deals with the importance of preschool education worldwide as a social responsibility and its accountability in education policy. The second part provides the evaluation of the preschool education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum
Clifford, Matthew; Hansen, Ulcca Joshni; Wraight, Sara – Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, 2014
Across the country, states and districts are designing principal evaluation systems as a means of improving leadership, learning, and school performance. Principal evaluation systems hold potential for supporting leaders' learning and sense of accountability for instructional excellence and student performance. Principal evaluation also is an…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Evaluation, Program Development, Evaluation Criteria
Ng, Pak Tee – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2010
This paper describes and examines the nature and evolution of school accountability in the Singapore Education System. In particular, the different facets of school accountability are examined through a theoretical framework comprising four relatively distinct concepts of accountability as performance reporting; as a technical process; as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Models, Evaluation
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
Institute of Education Sciences, 2012
On August 9, 2012, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) convened a meeting of researchers and U.S. Department of Education (ED) and IES staff to discuss recent advances in measuring teacher effectiveness. The objectives of the meeting were to: (1) Identify and discuss recent advances in the use of value-added models (VAMs) and student growth…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Expertise, Conferences (Gatherings), Teacher Evaluation
Lincove, Jane Arnold; Osborne, Cynthia; Dillon, Amanda; Mills, Nicholas – Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
Despite questions about validity and reliability, the use of value-added estimation methods has moved beyond academic research into state accountability systems for teachers, schools, and teacher preparation programs (TPPs). Prior studies of value-added measurement for TPPs test the validity of researcher-designed models and find that measuring…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Accountability, Politics of Education, School Statistics
Betebenner, Damian; Braun, Henry; Corcoran, Sean; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Friedman, John; Goldhaber, Daniel; Ho, Andrew; Kane, Thomas; Ladd, Helen; Pianta, Robert; Rockoff, Jonah; Rothstein, Jesse – Institute of Education Sciences, 2012
On August 9, 2012, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) convened a meeting of researchers and U.S. Department of Education (ED) and IES staff to discuss recent advances in measuring teacher effectiveness. The objectives of the meeting were to: (1) Identify and discuss recent advances in the use of value-added models (VAMs) and student growth…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Expertise, Teacher Evaluation, Intellectual Disciplines
