Teacher Assessment and the Quest for Teacher Quality A Handbook
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THE EDITOR
MARY KENNEDY is a professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University. Her research studies focus on the relationship between a teacher's qualifications and the quality of their teaching practice. She is the winner of four education awards including the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education's (AACTE) Margaret B. Lindsey Award for Distinguished Research in Teacher Education. She also served as the vice president in the Division on Teaching and Teacher Education with the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
TEACHER ASSESSMENT AND THE QUEST FOR TEACHER QUALITY
Teacher Assessment and the Quest for Teacher Quality is an essential resource that provides school leaders, administrators, and teacher educators with a wide range of perspectives on the complex issue of teacher quality. The book examines assessment in the context of preparation, licensure, hiring, tenure, and even dismissal and explores a wealth of relevant topics. Comprehensive in scope, the handbook includes contributions from leading experts in the field of teacher quality and teacher assessment.
This important book contains basic information on a variety of approaches to teacher assessment and teacher quality topics including the science and psychology of teacher selection, performance-based assessments, and hiring decisions. In addition, the contributors explore the role of formative assessments in new teacher induction, assessing for teacher tenure, various approaches to annual performance assessments, assessing teacher contributions to student achievement, and the law regarding teacher dismissals. The expert authors also tackle broader assessment issues including the interpretation of assessments, standards for teacher evaluation, and the inherent dilemma posed by measuring the quality of teaching.
For the goal of ensuring quality teaching for all our students, Teacher Assessment and the Quest for Teacher Quality is an important resource and a lasting contribution to the literature on the topic.
The Authors v
Foreword xiii
Marilyn Cochran-Smith
Introduction: The Uncertain Relationship Between Teacher Assessment and Teacher Quality 1
Mary M. Kennedy
Part One: Assessment of Teacher Candidates 7
1 The Use of Portfolios in Preservice Teacher Education: A Critical Appraisal 9
Ginette Delandshere, Anthony R. Petrosky
2 Disposition Assessment: The Science and Psychology of Teacher Selection 43
Laurie Moses Hines
Part Two: Assessment For Transition Into Teaching 67
3 Assessment for Learning in Preservice Teacher Education: Performance-Based Assessments 69
Ruth Chung Wei, Raymond L. Pecheone
4 Licensure Tests: Their Use and Value for Increasing Teacher Quality 133
Dan Goldhaber
5 Hiring Decisions 149
Dane A. Delli
Part Three: Assessment of Practicing Teachers 163
6 The Role of Formative Assessments in New Teacher Induction 165
Peter Youngs, Ben Pogodzinski, Mark Low
7 Assessing for Teacher Tenure 201
Gary Sykes, Sarah Winchell
8 Approaches to Annual Performance Assessment 225
Mary M. Kennedy
9 Value-Added: Assessing Teachers’ Contributions to Student Achievement 251
Douglas N. Harris, Daniel F. McCaffrey
10 The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: An Investment for the Future? 283
Jillian P. Reese
11 Judging Teachers: The Law of Teacher Dismissals 297
Diana Pullin
Part Four: Broader Assessment Issues 335
12 Setting Standards for Teacher Evaluation 337
Barbara B. Howard, Arlen R. Gullickson
13 Thinking Systemically About Assessment Practice 355
Pamela A. Moss
14 Teacher Quality: An American Educational Dilemma 375
David K. Cohen
Discussion Questions 403
Index 405
TEACHER ASSESSMENT AND THE QUEST FOR TEACHER QUALITY
Teacher Assessment and the Quest for Teacher Quality is an essential resource that provides school leaders, administrators, and teacher educators with a wide range of perspectives on the complex issue of teacher quality. The book examines assessment in the context of preparation, licensure, hiring, tenure, and even dismissal and explores a wealth of relevant topics. Comprehensive in scope, the handbook includes contributions from leading experts in the field of teacher quality and teacher assessment.
This important book contains basic information on a variety of approaches to teacher assessment and teacher quality topics including the science and psychology of teacher selection, performance-based assessments, and hiring decisions. In addition, the contributors explore the role of formative assessments in new teacher induction, assessing for teacher tenure, various approaches to annual performance assessments, assessing teacher contributions to student achievement, and the law regarding teacher dismissals. The expert authors also tackle broader assessment issues including the interpretation of assessments, standards for teacher evaluation, and the inherent dilemma posed by measuring the quality of teaching.
For the goal of ensuring quality teaching for all our students, Teacher Assessment and the Quest for Teacher Quality is an important resource and a lasting contribution to the literature on the topic.
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
THE EDITOR
MARY KENNEDY is a professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University. Her research studies focus on the relationship between a teacher's qualifications and the quality of their teaching practice. She is the winner of four education awards including the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education's (AACTE) Margaret B. Lindsey Award for Distinguished Research in Teacher Education. She also served as the vice president in the Division on Teaching and Teacher Education with the American Educational Research Association (AERA).