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Download full textMcGuinn, Patrick – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2015
In a 2012 paper for the Center for American Progress, "The State of Evaluation Reform," Patrick McGuinn (Drew University) identified the opportunities and challenges facing education agencies in Race to the Top (RTTT) grant-winning states as they prepared for the implementation of new teacher evaluation systems. The 2012 study undertook…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Teacher Evaluation, Beginning Teachers, Program Implementation
10 Fundamentals of Coordinated State Early Care and Education Data Systems: Inaugural State Analysis
Early Childhood Data Collaborative (NJ1), 2011
State policymakers are increasingly focused on closing the achievement gap and preparing all students to succeed in school and life. However, college and career readiness begins long before students enter high school or even a classroom. Differences in children's abilities appear as early as the first year of life, and research has shown that…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, State Policy, State Standards, Early Childhood Education
Data Quality Campaign, 2011
As state policymakers strive to ensure that every student is taught by an effective teacher and is ready for college and 21st-century careers, they must also make drastic budget cuts. States cannot do more with less without collecting and using quality data to determine which programs and policies increase student achievement and the state's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Longitudinal Studies, Progress Monitoring
Data Quality Campaign, 2011
America can no longer afford an education system that fails to use data effectively to guide decisionmaking. The education sector is facing ever-increasing demands to improve student outcomes, reduce burden, increase efficiency, and improve transparency. These demands cannot be met without the strategic and effective use of data. Due to the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Data
Data Quality Campaign, 2010
State education data systems have often been described as data rich but information poor. Historically, these systems were created for compliance purposes and, therefore, designed and managed as information technology projects, but a culture change is under way. Educators and other stakeholders are beginning to value data as a tool to inform…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Information Needs, Stakeholders, Data Collection
Cashin, William E. – 1990
Recommendations for deriving and using student ratings of college teachers are presented. General recommendations for teacher evaluation include: (1) using multiple sources of data about a faculty member; (2) using student ratings as one aspect; and (3) determining the purpose of the ratings before they are collected. Ten specific recommendations…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Data Collection
