Teaching quality publications
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Improving early literacy in PreK–3: Lessons learned (August 2016)
The Pathway Schools Initiative aims to dramatically increase the number of students who reach the critical milestone of grade 3 reading proficiency, an indicator predictive of later academic outcomes and…
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Pathway Schools Initiative Developmental Evaluation-Learning Brief 2 (July 2016)
To support its Pathway Schools Initiative, The McKnight Foundation has engaged initiative leaders in a developmental evaluation (DE) led by SRI International and Child Trends.
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Replacing Teacher Evaluation Systems with Systems of Professional Growth: Lessons from Three California School Districts and Their Teachers’ Unions
This report draws lessons from three California school districts and their teachers’ unions that have charted a different course and determined that the purpose of evaluation should be to improve…
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Measuring the Quantity and Quality of the K-12 STEM Teacher Pipeline – Executive Summary
Together, these papers can guide policymakers, researchers, and educators through the potential implications and implementation of the STEM education indicator system.
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Measuring the Quantity and Quality of the K-12 STEM Teacher Pipeline
SRI Education recruited three education policy experts to contribute concept papers that explore the research and policy implications of the STEM indicators system.
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Pathway Schools Initiative Developmental Evaluation-Learning Brief 1 (January 2016)
To support its Pathway Schools Initiative, The McKnight Foundation has engaged initiative leaders in a developmental evaluation (DE) led by SRI International and Child Trends.
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Reform Focus at NGEI Partnerships: Summarizing Initial NGEI Campus-Level Work to Improve Teacher Education
The report summarizes the five areas emphasized by the Bechtel Foundation for teacher education reform occurring as part of the program.
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Research Brief: Springfield Public Schools’ Effective Educator Coach Program
The EEC program is a comprehensive mentoring program in which experienced teachers support new or struggling teachers.
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Research Brief: Implementation of the Educator Evaluation Framework in Massachusetts
Educators were divided about whether the EEF is focused on professional growth and development.
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Case Study Brief: Promising Practices to Build Evaluator Capacity
The case study brief highlights three districts’ efforts to calibrate evaluators’ feedback and ratings for school staff and to reduce evaluators’ workloads associated with the new evaluation system.
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Developing Educators Throughout Their Careers: Evaluation of the Rio Grande Valley Center for Teaching and Leading Excellence: Executive Summary
The Center aimed to strengthen support for new teachers, teacher leaders, and school leaders and to raise the quality of teaching for students in one of the poorest regions in…
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Case Study Brief: Shrewsbury Public Schools’ Approach to Using Evaluation Data in Human Resources Decision-Making
This case study brief focuses on Shrewsbury Public Schools’ use of evaluation data to inform human resources practices and policies.