Description
Meaningful teacher evaluation starts with visible student growth
Annual standardized test scores cannot provide evidence of student growth needed to evaluate teacher performance. But consider student growth in the form of evidence derived from classroom assessment and you’re on to something. This revolutionary book helps you bring classroom assessment to bear for real school improvement, with:
- A plan for teacher evaluation based on dependable evidence of student growth
- Strategies for improving the assessment literacy of teachers and school leaders
- Five steps for developing and implementing productive local district assessment systems
- Practical tools that teachers and their evaluators can put to use immediately
Table of Contents
1. Keys to Productive Teacher Evaluation in the New Era
2. Annual Accountability Test Score? Unacceptable in This Case
3. Classroom Assessment to the Rescue
4. Similar to Student Learning Objectives, But Much Better
5. Tapping the Power of Universal Assessment Literacy
6. Required: Local School Leadership and Assessment Action
Appendix A: Classroom Assessment Quality Rating Scales
Appendix B: Sample Affective Questionnaires
Appendix C: Rating Scales for Evaluating Completion of Five Essential Local Assessment Actions
