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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"teacher accountability"”.
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Improving Student Behavior Through the Use of Greater Teacher Accountability Measures
… the fidelity of implementation of strategies teachers learned during professional development at an elementary school in a large Midwestern urban school district. Emphasis was placed on the quality of teacher-student relationships as well as the strategies teachers used to address undesired …
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Are value-added models for high-stakes teacher accountability arbitrary and capricious?
… formulas that aim to isolate the effect a teacher has on student learning. States and districts across the nation are adopting laws and policies that will evaluate teachers, in part, using the results provided by value-added models. In many states and districts, these evaluations will be …
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Establishing the utility of a classroom effectiveness index as a teacher accountability system.
How to identify effective teachers who improve student achievement despite diverse student populations and school contexts is an ongoing discussion in public education. The need to show communities and parents how well teachers and schools improve student learning has led districts and states to …
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Teacher accountability policy and sociocultural context: A cross-country study focusing on Finland and Singapore
… two polarised debates in education policy: how teachers should be held accountable, and whether ‘best practices’ from high-performing education systems should be adopted in other countries. I construct a conceptual framework that maps the intended effects of teacher accountability instruments on …
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LABOURING TO TEACH: ACCOUNTING FOR POLICY TRANSFORMATIONS IN TEACHERS' LABOUR AND INSTITUTIONAL REGIMES IN CHILE BETWEEN 1980-2021
This dissertation explores changes in teachers’ work in Chile between 1980 and 2021. It focuses on the cultural and structural mechanisms through which teachers have been made accountable, with an emphasis on state transformations and ideational resources. Aimed at providing a comprehensive and …
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The Patterns and Possible Costs of Teacher Absenteeism: Are Teacher Absences an Indicator of Student Achievement?
… Left Behind, particularly in the past few years, teacher accountability is at the forefront of educational debate. Taking in to account the many facets of teacher accountability, student performance is nearly half of teacher evaluation systems. Considering the value of a quality teacher, one would …
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Instructional Coaching in Elementary Schools: Perceptions of Principals, Instructional Coaches, and Teachers
… climate surrounding academic achievement and teacher accountability is more demanding than ever before. Administrators might be able to improve teacher quality and address teacher accountability with the use of instructional coaching. It is important for all stakeholders to have data on the …
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Opening the Black Box: Government Teacher Workforce Policy in New York City
… by the federal Race to the Top program, teacher policy is a growing focus of education policymakers and reform advocates, with much debate over how to train, motivate, and evaluate teachers, and increasing concern about teacher accountability. Yet while teacher workforce policy is …
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Analysis of the Policymaking Process Regarding the Rules and Regulations for Teacher Re -Certification in Illinois
… through delay of the policy implementation, the teachers' unions were able to overcome what they considered the ""punitive"" teacher accountability aspects of HB452 that were endorsed by the business community. In the future, it seems that the community framework may be more effective in moving …
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Teacher-Created Student Growth Assessments Used For Teacher Evaluation And The Effects On Teacher Efficacy
<p>The landscape surrounding teacher evaluation is changing as teacher accountability becomes more prevalent in this process. This study looks at how teacher-created student growth assessments (SGAs) for teacher evaluation affects teacher efficacy with respect to instructional practice. Survey data …
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STRUGGLING STUDENTS BECOME SUCCESSFUL ART MENTORS: A MIXED METHOD MULTI-CASE STUDY
In the era of high stakes testing and teacher accountability, schools in the US continue the fight to prevent high school drop-outs and meet the needs of academically struggling students. Both the visual arts and mentoring programs have been shown to improve academic performance and emotional …
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Teacher Self-Efficacy, Teacher Attitudes about Reform Accountability Measures, and Teacher Burn-out
Teacher rhetoric surrounding Indiana’s recent education reform policies and teacher accountability measures have indicated a possible increase in teacher burnout and potentially lower levels of teacher self-efficacy. This study examines the relationship between teacher self-efficacy, teacher …
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The Need for Arts Education and Alternative Assessment in Light of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
Due to increasing teacher accountability and standardized test score requirements attributed to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, this essay examines research of the positive influences of arts education on student academic achievement and social growth. Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences …
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Teachers' Attitudes Toward Teacher Evaluation In High and Low Achieving Middle Schools As Measured By The Pennsylvania State System of Assessment
… Act of 2001, greater emphasis has been placed on teacher accountability. As part of this reform, teacher evaluation has been an item of particular importance. Research demonstrates that teacher evaluation has been prevalent since the colonial times; however, evaluation systems differ and lack …
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Investigating the Professional Values of Teachers: The Differential Impact of Accountability on Teachers' Career Decisions
… and policy efforts have focused a great deal on teachers over the past decade or more. Reform efforts focused on accountability have altered how teachers are paid, how they spend their time, how they are evaluated, what they are accountable for, and what sort of control they have over their daily …
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A Time to Create Change: A Case Study of Culturally Relevant Education
… observations, and collecting lesson plans from teachers in each of the core subjects to identify and analyze how CRE is perceived and used in these classrooms.</p> <p>Relationships, diversity, intention, and administrative support were themes that emerged from the data that correlate to CRE …
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Effective teacher retention : Sustaining quality novice instructors through induction
… a rich understanding of the effectiveness a teacher induction program has on transitioning and retaining novice teachers on the suburban secondary level. Induction programs are defined as a comprehensive, coherent, and sustained professional development process that is organized by a school …
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Essays on the Economics of High School-to-College Transition Programs and Teacher Effectiveness
… high school-to-college transition programs and teacher effectiveness. The first essay studies the two largest credit-based transition programs in the United States: Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment. While these programs are distinct, both of them allow students to earn college credits …
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Teacher Perceptions of Student Growth Measures in Performance Evaluation
The accountability measures for schools originally outlined in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation established links between student and teacher performance. Race to the Top (RttT) initiatives and waivers for the original Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) legislation required …
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The influence of Natural Sciences teachers’ assessment beliefs on grade 9 learners’ self-directed learning behaviour
… learning behaviours. Aspects such as teachers' assessment beliefs are considered to have an influence on the way teaching and learning is approached. However, studies reporting on the influence of teachers' assessment beliefs on learners' self-directed learning (SDL) behaviour are …
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