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Download full textCopp, Derek T. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2017
Large-scale assessment (LSA) is a tool used by education authorities for several purposes, including the promotion of teacher-based instructional change. In Canada, all 10 provinces engage in large-scale testing across several grade levels and subjects, and also have the common expectation that the results data will be used to improve instruction…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Incentives, Educational Policy, Mixed Methods Research
Amdur, Lisa; Mero-Jaffe, Irit – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2017
The study examined the interrelations between policymakers' intentions for test-based accountability policy and school agents' perceptions and actions with regard to this policy. Mixed methods were used and encompassed 24 policymakers, 80 school principals, 168 teachers and case studies of four schools. New institutional theory, including the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Evidence Based Practice
Bridich, Sarah Melvoin – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
This study examined teachers' and administrators' perceptions of education reforms, focusing on a state legislated education bill that altered teacher evaluations. A mixed-method design, including an electronic survey, was used to gather perceptions of Colorado Senate Bill 10-191: Great Teachers and Leaders Act from teachers and administrators in…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, State Legislation
Hewitt, Kimberly Kappler – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2015
In the United States, policies in forty states and D.C. incorporate student growth measures--estimates of student progress attributed to educators--into educator evaluation. The federal government positions such policies as levers for ensuring that more students are taught by effective teachers and that effective educators are more equitably…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Teacher Evaluation, Educational Policy, Teacher Effectiveness
Collins, Clarin – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2014
This study examined the SAS Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS®) in practice, as perceived and experienced by teachers in the Southwest School District (SSD). To evaluate teacher effectiveness, SSD is using SAS EVAAS® for high-stakes consequences more than any other district or state in the country. A mixed-method design including a…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes
Anderson, Ruth; Feldman, Sue; Minstrell, Jim – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2014
There is growing empirical evidence that instructional coaching can help teachers transfer their learning from professional trainings (e.g., new strategies) to classroom practice and that coaching promotes greater collaboration and reflection among teachers. At the same time, however, research on the effectiveness of particular coaching models and…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Longitudinal Studies, Science Instruction, Coaching (Performance)
