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Evaluating Teachers in the Big Easy: How Organizational Context Shapes Policy Responses in New Orleans
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Marsh, Julie A.; Bush-Mecenas, Susan; Strunk, Katharine O.; Lincove, Jane Arnold; Huguet, Alice – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2017
Although multiple-measure teacher evaluation systems have gained popularity in the United States, few studies have examined their implementation or how they are shaped by organizational context. New Orleans provides a strategic case to examine the enactment of a state teacher evaluation policy in a highly decentralized setting with variation in…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Administrative Organization, State Policy, Policy Analysis
Rethinking the Allocation of Teaching Resources: Some Lessons from High-Performing Schools.
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Miles, Karen Hawley; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1998
Describes five case studies of high-performing public schools that have organized professional resources in innovative ways. Outlines principles of successful resource allocation. Presents a framework and methodology for examining a school's current use of resources. (MAK)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation
Merit Pay and Job Enlargement as Reforms: Incentives, Implementation, and Teacher Response.
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Firestone, William A. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1991
Based on intensive case studies of two school districts, this study compared two teacher work reforms: merit pay and job enlargement. Interviews with 64 teachers and 53 administrators, supplemented by over 1,300 survey responses, indicate the efficacy of each approach and the potential advantages of job enlargement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change