Merit Pay and the Evaluation Problem
Author: Richard J. Murnane
Publisher:
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13:
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A Straightforward Guide to Teacher Merit Pay
Author: Gary W. Ritter
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2013-05-01
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 1483307573
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReward your best teachers for the great work they do! Is your school system considering teacher merit pay? Now is the time to know the potential pitfalls and learn from the experiences of other districts. Respected experts Ritter and Barnett provide a step-by-step approach to merit pay that draws on best practices from effective, successful programs. You’ll find: A user-friendly summary of existing merit pay programs and their strengths and weaknesses Six essential principles for designing a program that supports teacher professional development, schoolwide progress, and student achievement How-to’s and tools for every phase of program development, including collaborating with teachers to create balanced assessment tools
A Straightforward Guide to Teacher Merit Pay
Author: Gary W. Ritter
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2013-05-09
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 1452255512
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIs your school system considering teacher merit pay? Now is the time to understand the potential benefits and pitfalls of performance-based teacher pay, as well as how today's most successful programs were developed. Drawing on substantial research with school districts, Gary Ritter and Joshua Barnett provide a step-by-step approach to setting up a merit pay system in your school district. Readers will find, An overview of existing merit pay programs and their strengths and weaknesses, A review of the 12 most common myths about merit pay and how school leaders can respond, Six guiding principles for designing a merit pay program, along with how-to's and timelines for every phase, Guidance on creating balanced assessments based on multiple measures of teacher effectiveness, developed in collaboration with teachers, Ensure that-your district's merit pay program supports teachers' professional growth, schoolwide progress, and student achievement. Book jacket.
Handbook of Research on Teaching
Author: Drew Gitomer
Publisher:
Published: 2016-05-19
Total Pages: 1553
ISBN-13: 0935302484
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Fifth Edition of the Handbook of Research on Teachingis an essential resource for students and scholars dedicated to the study of teaching and learning. This volume offers a vast array of topics ranging from the history of teaching to technological and literacy issues. In each authoritative chapter, the authors summarize the state of the field while providing conceptual overviews of critical topics related to research on teaching. Each of the volume's 23 chapters is a canonical piece that will serve as a reference tool for the field. The Handbook provides readers with an unaparalleled view of the current state of research on teaching across its multiple facets and related fields.
Performance Incentives
Author: Matthew G. Springer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2009-12-01
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 0815701950
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe concept of pay for performance for public school teachers is growing in popularity and use, and it has resurged to once again occupy a central role in education policy. Performance Incentives: Their Growing Impact on American K-12 Education offers the most up-to-date and complete analysis of this promising—yet still controversial—policy innovation. Performance Incentives brings together an interdisciplinary team of experts, providing an unprecedented discussion and analysis of the pay-for-performance debate by • Identifying the potential strengths and weaknesses of tying pay to student outcomes; • Comparing different strategies for measuring teacher accomplishments; • Addressing key conceptual and implemen - tation issues; • Describing what teachers themselves think of merit pay; • Examining recent examples in Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, and Texas; • Studying the overall impact on student achievement.
The New Handbook of Teacher Evaluation
Author: Jason Millman
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 453
ISBN-13: 080394523X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA worthy successor to 'The Handbook of Teacher Evaluation', this landmark volume is an important source of information for anyone concerned with teacher evaluation, training and development.
Teacher Evaluation
Author: Anthony J. Shinkfield
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9400917961
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTeacher Evaluation: Guide to Professional Practice is organized around four dominant, interrelated core issues: professional standards, a guide to applying the Joint Committee's Standards, ten alternative models for the evaluation of teacher performance, and an analysis of these selected models. The book draws heavily on research and development conducted by the Federally funded national Center for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation (CREATE). The reader will come to grasp the essence of sound teacher evaluation and will be able to apply its principles, facts, ideas, processes, and procedures. Finally, the book invites and assists school professionals and other readers to examine the latest developments in teacher evaluation.
Teacher Reforms Around the World
Author: Motoko Akiba
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2013-04-04
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 178190653X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book introduces how large-scale teacher reforms are implemented and impacting teachers around the world. Previous books on teacher policy or reforms have tended to focus on the background, development, and descriptions of teacher reforms.
