The authors suggest these sources of information for districts interested in creating fair and accurate teacher evaluation systems.
Books and Reports
• In Teacher Evaluation to Enhance Professional Practice, Charlotte Danielson and Thomas McGreal provide policy makers concrete examples, useful forms, and assessment tools for designing a new teacher evaluation system. Available at www.ascd.org.
• The New Teacher Project reports on the shortcomings of current evaluation systems and proposes recommendations in “The Widget Effect” report.
• Education Sector’s “Rush to Judgment: Teacher Evaluation in Public Education,” outlines several teacher evaluation initiatives that have been implemented.
Websites
• The SAS® EVAAS® for K-12, describes the value-added methodology developed by William L. Sanders, now used statewide in Tennessee, Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina and school districts elsewhere.
• The Danielson Group, runs customized evaluation training for school districts.
• CLASS, is an observational instrument developed at University of Virginia to assess classroom quality in grades K-3.
• The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, discusses the standards and assessment process to identify national board-certified teachers.
• Operation Public Education, for more details about the framework discussed in the article.