Measurement issues and assessment for teaching quality. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Drew Gitomer.
• Other Names: Gitomer, Drew H; ETS Invitational Conference
• Contents: Introduction; SECTION I: MEASURING TEACHING QUALITY FOR PROFESSIONAL ENTRY; Ch 1. Measuring Teacher Quality for Professional Entry; Ch 2. Hiring for Teacher Quality at the District Level: Lessons from The New Teacher Project; Ch 3. Professionalizing the Occupation of Teaching in a Time of Transition; Broadening the Vision of Professional Entry--Synthesis of Section I; SECTION II. MEASURING TEACHING QUALITY IN PRACTICE; Ch 4. Measuring Teacher Quality in Practice; Ch 5. The Policy Uses and Policy Validity of Value-Added and Other Teacher Quality Measures; Ch 6. Approximations of Teacher Quality and Effectiveness: View from the State Education Agency; Measuring Teacher and Teaching Quality: Considerations and Next Steps--Synthesis of Section II; SECTION III. MEASURING TEACHING QUALITY IN CONTEXT; Ch 7. Mapping the Terrain of Teacher Quality; Ch 8. Measuring Instruction for Teacher Learning; Ch 9. Opportunity to Teach: Teacher Quality in Context; Crisp Measurement and Messy Context: A Clash of Assumptions and Metaphors--Synthesis of Section III; Assessment of Teaching or Assessment for Teaching? Reflections on the Invitational Conference; About the Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages)
• Subjects: 371.14/4; Teachers -- Rating of -- United States -- Congresses; Teachers -- Training of -- United States -- Congresses
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452278735; 1452278733
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