States Struggle With Linking Teacher-Student Data
States are working to make teacher-student data links more meaningful to teachers. Read Full Post >
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August 02, 2011
July 20, 2011
Study Leads to End of New York City Merit-Pay Program
A new study by the RAND Corp. put the final nail in the coffin of New York City's teacher performance-pay program. Read Full Post >
June 01, 2011
UPDATE: Can a Class of 7th Graders Give Teachers Stress?
A $1.6 million study to be launched this fall by the Institute of Education Sciences aims to gauge the effect of significant job stress on middle school teachers' performance and interaction with students. Read Full Post >
December 27, 2010
British Teachers' Achievement Data Use Seen Lacking
Great Britain, like the United States, is in the middle of a major push to use student achievement data to improve instruction and school policy. And, like us, the implementation is still a bit hit or miss, in part because teachers find their classroom data more accurate and useful. Read Full Post >
September 27, 2010
ED Sweetens the Deal for Evaluating Teacher Incentive Fund
The Education Department is relaxing inclusion rules and increasing incentives for schools willing to participate in its upcoming national evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund. Read Full Post >
September 15, 2010
How Much Will Longitudinal Data Improve Instruction?
Experts at the fall policy meeting of the American Educational Research Association's Organization of Institutional Affiliates this week voiced concerns that educators won't be able to use state data to improve instruction. Read Full Post >
September 01, 2010
Analysis Questions Staffing System Effectiveness
Teacher Beat blogger Steve Sawchuk digs into a report on teacher hiring and transfer systems. Read Full Post >
August 23, 2010
Incoming Dean Ponders the Research-Teacher Intersection
Top education research author Michael Feuer ponders the role of research in teaching and teacher education. Meanwhile, Wisconsin sociologist Robert Hauser steps in to lead National Academies' education division. Read Full Post >
July 21, 2010
Study: Teaching Credentials Still Matter
A North Carolina study finds that traditional signals of teacher quality, such as licensing, certification, and experience, still matter when it comes to improving student achievement. Read Full Post >
August 06, 2009
Does Majoring in Education Make You More Religious?
A blogger highlights a study that finds that students who are very religious tend to major in education and become more religious over time. Read Full Post >
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