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Teacher Effectiveness

Teacher effectiveness has more influence on student achievement than any other in-school factor. Since 2010, at least 35 states have revamped teacher evaluation policies to include student performance despite educators’ protests. The Hechinger Report has traveled the country to learn what the controversial changes mean for the classroom.

Posted inNews

Two studies point to the power of teacher-student relationships to boost learning

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay May 21, 2018March 30, 2020
iZone mentor Diedre Downing, a math teacher at NYC iSchool in Manhattan, walks Blended Learning Institute participant Juliana Matherson through Google' Autocrat application on July 18, 2014 in Manhattan. Autocrat lets teachers give custom feedback to students after an online assignment. The New York City Department of Education's Blended Learning Institute is a two-year training program taught by current classroom teachers on how to use the part digital, part traditional classroom style. (Photo: Alexandria Neason)
Posted inNews

Does every teacher need a coach?

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay March 5, 2018March 30, 2020
Posted inColumnists, Education by the Numbers, Elementary to High School, Proof Points, Suspicious Test Scores, Teacher Effectiveness

Does using high-stakes tests to fire teachers improve student outcomes?

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay February 8, 2016March 30, 2020
Bass-Hoover Elementary School teacher Jessica DeMarco, standing left, assists some of her students in readying their tablets for a reading assignment in Stephens City, Va., on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
Posted inCommon Core, Elementary to High School, Future of Learning, Opinion, Teacher Effectiveness

Tablets and other tech offer ways to track teacher performance beyond just standardized tests

Avatar photo by Michael Nagler August 11, 2015April 8, 2021
Panelists discuss a new report by The New Teacher Project, which found that professional development is largely ineffective.
Posted inElementary to High School, News, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching the Teachers

New report reveals that teacher professional development is costly and ineffective

Avatar photo by Jackie Mader August 4, 2015March 30, 2020
Posted inAndre Perry, Columnists, Higher Education, New Orleans, Teacher Effectiveness, The South

Hey STEM professor, you’re a teacher too

Avatar photo by Andre Perry July 28, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inElementary to High School, Opinion, Teacher Effectiveness

Evaluating teachers: Precise but irrelevant metrics?

Avatar photo by Aaron Pallas July 24, 2015March 30, 2020
Posted inCalifornia, Columnists, Education by the Numbers, Elementary to High School, High School Reform, Proof Points, Teacher Effectiveness, The West

Study calculates low-income, minority students get the worst teachers in Washington State

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay July 13, 2015October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, News, Teacher Effectiveness

New York teachers hate the idea of outsiders evaluating them. Here’s what happened when D.C. tried it

Avatar photo by Alexandria Neason and Meredith Kolodner April 9, 2015March 30, 2020
Posted inBlogs, Education by the Numbers, Elementary to High School, Teacher Effectiveness

Researchers give failing marks to national effort to measure good teaching

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay May 13, 2014March 30, 2020

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