Nicholas Kristoff wrote yesterday about the “landmark” new teacher value-added study from Chetty, Friedman and Rockoff. It’s worth being clear about why the study has garnered so much attention. It’s not because it shows that teachers matter. Everyone knew or believed that already. It’s because it shows that teachers vary in how much they matter. And, for the firstContinue Reading »
By Kevin Carey on 12 Jan 2012 in Teacher and Principal Quality and tagged Nicholas Kristoff, Teacher and Principal Quality, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Value-Added Reforms, Value-Added Teacher Evaluation
Quick Hits is a daily compilation of essential education news stories, blog posts, and video clips that Education Sector team members are reading or viewing.
A New Brookings Institution Report on the Important Role of Value-Added Teacher Evaluation: “When teacher evaluation that incorporates value-added is compared against an abstract ideal, it can easily Continue Reading »By Forrest Hinton on 18 Nov 2010 in Quick Hits and tagged Baltimore Teachers Contract, Increasing College Attainment, Live-Tweeting, Value-Added Teacher Evaluation
Accountability (74)- Accountability and Standards (855)
- Charter Schools and Choice (327)
- College Access and Student Success (114)
- College and Career Readiness (45)
- College Costs and Student Debt (206)
- College Rankings (18)
- Community Colleges (24)
- Data Testing Assessment (117)
- Education Finance (105)
- ESEA/No Child Left Behind (71)
- For-Profit Higher Education (22)
- Higher Education (1292)
- Improving Schools and School Systems (59)
- K-12 Education (855)
- Podcasts (19)
- Quick Hits (871)
- Teacher and Principal Quality (516)
- Teachers Unions (46)
- Technology and New Models For Learning (62)
- Technology New Designs and Innovation (30)
- Uncategorized (5)