New Reports Focus on Teacher Quality
Two new reports are out today addressing issues related to teacher quality, and both deserve a close reading.
The first is from the National Council on Teacher Quality, and it's a "state of the states" report on where teacher evaluations stand nationally. There have been quite a few changes since the group, which advocates for greater accountability and transparency in issues related to teacher effectiveness, published its prior overviewin 2011. Thirty-five states are now tying teacher evaluations -- and tenure decisions -- to student test scores. That's up from 24 just three years ago. But NCTQ contends there hasn't been enough progress making sure evaluation data is used in a meaningful way to actually improve the teacher workforce.
The journal Education Next has a new study from researchers Daniel Goldhaber and Joe Walch of the University of Washington, which found the average SAT for new teachers entering the profession climbed eight percentage rank points between 1993 and 2008. The new study by Goldhaber and Walch is particularly relevant given that concerns about the low bar set for applicants by many of the nations
The first is from the National Council on Teacher Quality, and it's a "state of the states" report on where teacher evaluations stand nationally. There have been quite a few changes since the group, which advocates for greater accountability and transparency in issues related to teacher effectiveness, published its prior overviewin 2011. Thirty-five states are now tying teacher evaluations -- and tenure decisions -- to student test scores. That's up from 24 just three years ago. But NCTQ contends there hasn't been enough progress making sure evaluation data is used in a meaningful way to actually improve the teacher workforce.
The journal Education Next has a new study from researchers Daniel Goldhaber and Joe Walch of the University of Washington, which found the average SAT for new teachers entering the profession climbed eight percentage rank points between 1993 and 2008. The new study by Goldhaber and Walch is particularly relevant given that concerns about the low bar set for applicants by many of the nations