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Making Teacher Work Samples Work at the University of Northern Colorado
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Parker, Melissa; Sinclair, Christina – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2010
Teacher Work Samples (TWS) can be viewed in terms of a product and a process. As a product, the TWS measures a teacher candidate's (TC's) ability to promote student achievement, documents that TCs have met minimum national standards, and validates teacher education programs. Teacher candidates engage in observable, job-related behaviors that serve…
Descriptors: Work Sample Tests, Academic Achievement, Units of Study, Program Descriptions
School-Based Career Assessment Programs: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?
Mori, Allen A. – Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1982
Comprehensive career assessment of handicapped students takes into account medical, psychoeducational, interest and aptitude information, work and job samples, and situational assessment. School-based career assessment programs are described in Texas, New York, Maryland, and Missouri. The author suggests that such programs will become vital parts…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Job Skills, Program Descriptions
Career Placement by Work Sampling for the Handicapped 1976. A Research Report.
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Honsberger, Treva; Shelley, Mark – 1976
This project's goal was the placement of diversely handicapped students at the secondary level in suitable vocational programs which would lead to eventual employment. The technique employed to discover the aptitudes of these special students was work sampling, which is a vocational evaluation procedure utilizing "hands on" experiences,…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Career Development, Evaluation Methods, Handicapped Students
Western Oregon University: Documentation of the Teachers for a New Era Learning Network. Case Study
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Academy for Educational Development, 2009
The Academy for Educational Development (AED) sent a research team to Western Oregon University (WOU) on November 17-18, 2008, to conduct interviews with individuals who play important roles in the university's teacher preparation program. These interviews, along with additional materials provided by WOU and identified by the AED research team,…
Descriptors: Evidence, Organizational Change, Case Studies, Science Education
Grading Teachers, Grading Schools. Is Student Achievement a Valid Evaluation Measure?
Millman, Jason, Ed. – 1997
The 24 chapters of this collection discuss contemporary approaches to using student learning gains to evaluating teachers or schools. The four methods considered are: (1) the Oregon Teacher Work Sample Methodology (chapters 2 through 6); (2) the Dallas Value-Added Accountability System (Texas) (chapters 7 through 11); (3) the Tennessee Value-Added…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Development of a Correctional Management Assessment Center.
Nosin, Jerry A. – 1983
This report describes the development of an Assessment Center for Deputy Wardens of Security of the Georgia Department of Offender Rehabilitation. The formulation of a complete job analysis based on extensive interviews, questionnaires, on-site meetings, and reviews of job descriptions is outlined, and assessment staff training is discussed. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Career Development, Correctional Institutions