Two recent studies on Cincinnati’s teacher-evaluation system provide some initial insights about classroom practices that seem to be linked to better student performance, and evidence that teachers ...

Different observation tools are available to suit various needs. Policy makers in states from coast to coast are demanding more rigorous teacher evaluations that lead to real improvements in ...

Every week my daughter says a different observer takes notes on what the teacher is doing. Should I be concerned the teacher is in trouble? Probably, but not in the way you’re thinking. Observations ...

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NEW ORLEANS —A little boy with a plastic dinosaur toddles over to his teacher at Clara's Little Lambs Preschool Academy, in the Algiers neighborhood on the west bank of the Mississippi. “Oooooh!

Student evaluations of teaching are suspect -- but increasing classroom observation of professors as an alternative has its own set of problems, write Jonathan Golding and Philipp Kraemer. The ...

Teachers might be at a disadvantage during classroom observation of their instructional practice, which is one of the most widely-used tools for high-stakes job performance evaluations. And whether or ...

The principal of Banana Kelly HS in the South Bronx has faked classroom observations of her faculty, staffers charge. “She’s destroyed the integrity of the whole evaluation system,” an insider told ...

Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles speaks during a press conference on Jan. 17, 2024. Hours before the state-installed management board of Houston ISD approved a new system for evaluating the ...