Defensible Teacher Evaluation: Student Growth Through Classroom Assessment

Defensible Teacher Evaluation: Student Growth Through Classroom Assessment
ISBN-10
1483358798
ISBN-13
9781483358796
Category
Education
Pages
160
Language
English
Published
2014-03-11
Publisher
Corwin Press
Author
Rick Stiggins

Description

Meaningful teacher evaluation starts with visible student growth Annual standardized test scores cannot provide evidence of student growth needed to evaluate teacher performance. But consider student growth in the form of evidence derived from classroom assessment and you’re on to something. This revolutionary book helps you bring classroom assessment to bear for real school improvement, with: A plan for teacher evaluation based on dependable evidence of student growth Strategies for improving the assessment literacy of teachers and school leaders Five steps for developing and implementing productive local district assessment systems Practical tools that teachers and their evaluators can put to use immediately

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