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Response to "Rating Teachers Cheaper, Faster, and Better: Not so Fast": It's About Evidence
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Gargani, John; Strong, Michael – Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
In Gargani and Strong (2014), we describe The Rapid Assessment of Teacher Effectiveness (RATE), a new teacher evaluation instrument. Our account of the validation research associated with RATE inspired a review by Good and Lavigne (2015). Here, we reply to the main points of their review. We elaborate on the validity, reliability, theoretical…
Descriptors: Evidence, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Evaluating Specification Tests in the Context of Value-Added Estimation. Working Paper #38
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Guarino, Cassandra M.; Reckase, Mark D.; Stacy, Brian W.; Wooldridge, Jeffrey M. – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2014
We study the properties of two specification tests that have been applied to a variety of estimators in the context of value-added measures (VAMs) of teacher and school quality: the Hausman test for choosing between random and fixed effects and a test for feedback (sometimes called a "falsification test"). We discuss theoretical…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Evaluation Methods, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality
The Differences across Distributed Leadership Practices by School Position According to the Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning (CALL)
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Blitz, Mark H.; Modeste, Marsha – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2015
The Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning (CALL) is a multi-source assessment of distributed instructional leadership. As part of the validation of CALL, researchers examined differences between teacher and leader ratings in assessing distributed leadership practices. The authors utilized a t-test for equality of means for the…
Descriptors: Participative Decision Making, Transformational Leadership, Educational Practices, Instructional Leadership
Student Evaluation of Instruction in Higher Education: Exploring Issues of Validity and Reliability
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Zhao, Jing; Gallant, Dorinda J. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012
Many personnel committees at colleges and universities in the USA use student evaluation of faculty instruction to make decisions regarding tenure, promotion, merit pay or faculty professional development. This study examines the construct validity and internal consistency reliability of the student evaluation of instruction (SEI) used at a large…
Descriptors: Evidence, Undergraduate Students, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Construct Validity
Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT): An Evaluation of Inter-Rater Reliability
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Porter, Jennifer Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This research evaluated the inter-rater reliability of the Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT). Multiple methods for estimating overall rater consistency include percent agreement and Cohen's Kappa (1960), which yielded discrepancies between rater agreement in terms of whether candidates passed or failed particular PACT rubrics.…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Program Effectiveness, Scoring Rubrics, Item Analysis
Community College Occupational Programs Evaluation System. 1977 Report: Program Areas.
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California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1977
A study was conducted to demonstrate the usefulness and effectiveness of the Community College Occupational Programs Evaluation System (COPES) in assessing program areas in California community colleges. The demonstration concentrated on two program areas, administration of justice and business occupations, and a statewide sample of eight colleges…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Demonstration Programs, Educational Assessment