Within the US Department of Education's new flexibility initiative, there are three key principles, each with areas of focus. The third of these is that State Education Agencies (SEAs) must develop and implement systems of determining and supporting effective instruction and leadership within schools. This brief looks at websites, documents, and…

Lists 14 articles/reports, 5 of which concern the National Teacher Examinations (NTE). (JD)

Increased sophistication of data systems now allows for student achievement to be tracked and, in some states, linked to individual teachers. Further, rather than looking simply at student end-of-year achievement test scores in isolation, current statistical methods allow for analysis of student growth over time. These advances show promise for…

This 34-citation annotated bibliography contains information on selected ERIC journal articles and documents on teacher evaluation. (Author/CB)

The public demand for accountability, legislative mandates, and increased unionization of teachers have focused attention on the inadequacies of traditional teacher evaluation procedures. Attempts to design models that differentiate effective and noneffective teaching have not produced agreed-upon sets of competencies, characteristics or behaviors…

This annotated bibliography of forty-three items presents an entry point into the literature on evaluation of teacher performance. Also included is a statement of the National Education Association/Division of Instruction and Personnel Development concerning the Association's views on teacher evaluation and the rights of personnel being evaluated.…

Summarizes the National Council of Teachers of English Task Force assessment of four issues regarding teacher competency: (1) who defines competency; (2) the nature of teacher competency tests; (3) the impact of current tests on minority teachers; and (4) the quality and standards of the teaching profession. Includes a bibliography of materials…

This partially annotated bibliography contains 139 references concerning assessment of faculty performance, including recent journal and book citations. (PG)

The 47 documents in this annotated bibliography consider the problems of measuring staff effectiveness; examine methods, approaches, and evaluation practices; and describe some current programs. The following information is presented for each document: personal or institutional author, title, place of publication, publisher, publication date,…

This Critical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet focuses on post-tenure review of higher education faculty. Post-tenure review is the planned evaluation of faculty that have been awarded tenure. The way in which post-tenure review is executed varies by campus, but the process usually involves in-class evaluation, meetings with administrators about…

This volume contains an annotated bibliography of journal articles, books, documents (including some ERIC citations) and audiovisual materials regarding the behaviors of teachers which research has shown to be consistently associated with academic learning by pupils. The bibliography is organized around 19 criteria to be used for evaluating…

This annotated bibliography on beginning teacher induction is divided into three major sections. The first area dealt with is the need for induction programs. This section includes topics on the problems of beginning teachers and what assistance can be offered. The second section focuses on designing induction programs and discusses program…

The ten items in this annotated bibliography are articles and documents in the ERIC system concerning evaluation of teachers. Research surveys cited focus on the present state of teacher evaluation, the use of observation reports, how often teachers desire to be evaluated, and principals' ideas of teacher effectiveness. Other topics covered are…

This bibliography represents a personal selection, focusing primarily on the use of group paper-and-pencil tests to assess teacher competence. It is organized in terms of general information, political issues, legal issues, national teacher examinations, defining competence, measurement issues, and technical information. (MT)

Encompassing the five years from 1970 through 1974, this annotated bibliography represents a search of materials relating to the evaluation of college or university professors from the points of view of administrators, colleagues or peers, and students. Most of the information included is from the student point of view and is directed at teacher…