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Bell, David; Spelman, Maureen; Mackley, Holly; Zhao, Liang – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2009
Elementary education faculty at this university embedded a Teacher Work Sample (TWS) performance-based assessment into the student teaching experience to assess candidates' ability to impact student learning as required by recent accreditation reforms. The authors conducted an internal evaluation of the TWS for the purposes of strengthening not…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Mentors, Elementary Education, Work Sample Tests
Denner, Peter R.; Salzman, Stephanie A.; Harris, Larry B. – 2002
This paper shows how a mid-sized teacher education institution proactively developed a performance assessment method, Teacher Work Samples (TWSs), addressing the school's efforts to use TWSs to obtain evidence of the impact of teacher performance on student learning. The paper examines challenges faced in developing and implementing TWS…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education