Assessing Teacher Quality Understanding Teacher Effects on Instruction and Achievement

Name: Assessing Teacher Quality Understanding Teacher Effects on Instruction and Achievement
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ISBN: 9780807752791

ISBN-10: 0807752797

ISBN-13: 9780807752791

Edition: 2012

Authors: Sean Kelly

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Recent educational reforms have promoted accountability systems which attempt to identify teacher effects on student outcomes and hold teachers accountable for producing learning gains. But in the complex world of classrooms, it may be difficult to attribute "success" or "failure" to teachers. In this timely collection, leading education scholars challenge market-based models of school improvement and argue that merely holding teachers accountable for scores on end-of-the-year exams will not lead to educational improvement. The authors show why, in addition to test performance, a close examination of instructional processes and school context are needed in order to truly understand teacher…

Book details

List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication date: 12/2/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.15" wide x 9.00" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Sean Kelly left teaching to edit The National Lampoon. He writes for children's television (Noddy and Friends) and is the co-author of several books, including Saints Preserve Us! Who in Hell ..., How to Be Irish, and Boom Baby Moon. He lives in Brooklyn.



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Understanding Teacher Effects: Market Versus Process Models of Educational Improvement




Teacher Effects: Past, Present, and Future




Measuring Teaching Quality Using Student Achievement Tests: Lessons from Educators' Responses to No Child Left Behind




Beyond High-Stakes Tests: Teacher Effects on Other Educational Outcomes




Power, Accountability, and the Teacher Quality Problem




In Search of Equity: Teacher Tracking in Math




Teacher Education and Accountability: Adapting to Prospective Work Environments in Public Schools




The Role of Mentors and Colleagues in Beginning Teachers' Language Arts Instruction




Teachers' Social Capital and the Implementation of Schoolwide Reforms




Improving Teacher Quality: Incentives Are Not Enough



About the Contributors


Index