Teacher Effectiveness Research

Teachscape's thinking and product development are informed by the ongoing research into teaching effectiveness and effective teacher evaluation.

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  • Teacher Evaluator Training and Certification

    As the evaluation of teachers is used for increasingly high-stakes personnel decisions, it becomes essential that the judgments made by evaluators are accurate and defensible, both professionally and legally. Until recently, the burden on teacher ...More

  • Rethinking Teacher Evaluation in Chicago

    Rethinking Teacher Evaluation in Chicago, a report from the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, summarizes findings from a two-year study of Chicago’s Excellence in Teaching Pilot. The pilot was designed to drive instructional ...More

  • Preparing Principals to Evaluate Teachers

    The National Governors Association (NGA) has released this excellent, short issue brief covering steps states have already taken to change the way teachers are evaluated. The issue brief, Preparing Principals to Evaluate Teachers, summarizes action ...More

  • Smart Spending for Better Teacher Evaluations

    An insightful issue analysis from The New Teacher Project, Smart Spending for Better Teacher Evaluations outlines the investments states should make in order to implement a new teacher evaluation system successfully. These investments fall into five ...More

  • Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness in Cincinnati Public Schools

    In the article, Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness, published in the research journal EducationNext, Harvard University's Thomas J. Kane and his research team report a few results from an ongoing study of teacher classroom observation in the Cincinnati ...More

  • Teaching Quality: Teacher Effectiveness and Evaluation

    The Education Commission of the States offers policymakers and district leaders a valuable national perspective for how different states are defining, measuring, and acting on measures of teaching effectiveness. Providing a wealth of knowledge, the ...More

  • Validity Research on Teacher Evaluation Systems Based on the Framework for Teaching

    In his paper, Validity Research on Teacher Evaluation Systems Based on the Framework for Teaching, Anthony Milanowski from the Consortium for Policy Research in Education, Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...More

  • Rating a Teacher Observation Tool

    Classroom observations are a significant part of any strong evaluation system and the right observation tools can set an evaluation system up for success. The guide, Rating a Teacher Observation Tool: Five Ways to Ensure Classroom Observations are ...More

  • Excellence in Teaching Pilot Project, Chicago Public Schools

    With the Excellence in Teaching Pilot, Chicago Public Schools is implementing a new teacher evaluation system. Teachers undergo a rigorous observation process using Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching. Principals use the Framework for ...More

  • The Widget Effect

    Published by The New Teacher Project, The Widget Effect is a wide-ranging report that studies teacher evaluation and dismissal in four states and 12 diverse districts, ranging from 4,000 to 400,000 students in enrollment. Key findings of The Widget ...More