Response to "Rating Teachers Cheaper, Faster, and Better: Not So Fast": It's About Evidence. (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gargani, John; Strong, Michael
• Is Part Of: Journal of teacher education. Volume 66:Number 4(2015:Sep./Oct.)
• Page Start: 395
• Page End: 401
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: school/teacher effectiveness -- value added -- video analysis -- accountability; Teachers -- Training of -- Periodicals; 370.71105
• DOI: 10.1177/0022487115587110
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-4871

Abstract

In Gargani and Strong (2014), we describe The Rapid Assessment of Teacher Effectiveness (RATE), a new teacher evaluation instrument. Our account of the validation research associated with RATE inspired a review by Good and Lavigne (2015). Here, we reply to the main points of their review. We elaborate on the validity, reliability, theoretical foundation, purposes, and value of RATE; answer Good and Lavigne's criticisms; and discuss the role evidence plays in research, especially when it challenges strongly held theories.