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Year:: 2016
Contributor:: Caitlin, Richard (creator); Papay, John (advisor); Brown University. Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award (research program)
Genre:: posters
Subject:: Teachers > Evaluations; Education; Teachers > Training of
Extent:: 1 poster
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/x7tk-5029

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Abstract:: In addition to teacher accountability, one of the main objectives of teacher evaluation systems is teacher improvement. There is strong evidence that teacher evaluation systems improve teacher performance, but there is a lack of research on the mechanisms by which they do so. Teacher evaluations vary based on the quantity of observations, quality of observations, and type of observers, and it is important for policymakers and administrators to understand which features of evaluations help teachers improve the most. In our study, we find that the features of the Tennessee Educator Acceleration Model (TEAM) are interrelated in ways that may affect teacher improvement. For example, District staff have the smallest observation caseloads, which may increase their time to provide written feedback to each teacher and increase teacher improvement. However, a smaller caseload may enable District staff to begin their observations later in the year and decrease teacher improvement. Because of their interrelation, features of TEAM can have ambiguous effects on teacher improvement.

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Caitlin, Richard, "Evaluation for teacher development: exploring the relationship between features of teacher evaluation systems and teacher improvement" (2016). Summer Research Symposium. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/x7tk-5029

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Summer Research Symposium

Each year, Brown University showcases the research of its undergraduates at the Summer Research Symposium. More than half of the student-researchers are UTRA recipients, while others receive funding from a variety of Brown-administered and national programs and fellowships and go …
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Evaluation for teacher development: exploring the relationship between features of teacher evaluation systems and teacher improvement