The Best Resources For Learning About The “Value-Added” Approach Towards Teacher Evaluation
I’m part of a group of teachers working with The Center For Teaching Quality that’s preparing a policy report on Teacher Working Conditions and how they relate to student learning.
I’m learning a lot about many things during this research, and one of them is about the “valued added” approach that’s being discussed a lot for use in teacher evaluation. And what I’m finding is leaving me deeply concerned about it.
I thought readers here might find it useful to see what I think are The Best Resources For Learning About The “Value-Added” Approach Towards Teacher Evaluation (please feel free to leave your comments and other suggestions in the comments section, too):
The National Research Council and the National Academy of Education jointly issued a report on value-added approaches, and their report has been summarized in The Washington Post. Don’t rush to link teacher evaluation to student achievement is a must-read.
No Value Added: The Mismeasurement of Teaching Quality is a column by
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