Volume 22, Number 2
March/April 2006
Standards-Based Evaluation for Teachers
How one public school system links teacher performance, student outcomes, and professional growth
By ANDREAE DOWNS
Standards-Based Evaluation for Teachers, continued
Standards-Based Evaluation for Teachers: How one public school system links teacher performance, student outcomes, and professional growth
Standards-Based Evaluation for Teachers
Eric Luedtke recalls clearly his first evaluation as a student teacher. The only comments from the instructors who observed him were “Good job!” and “You did everything right.”
“But I knew I had a lot to learn and a lot I could improve on,” said Luedtke, who now teaches middle school social studies at the A. Mario Loiederman Middle School for the Creative and Performing Arts in Silver Spring, Md.
As accountability pressures on schools increase, teacher evaluation and supervision have come under new scrutiny.
This is an excerpt from the Harvard Education Letter.
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Eric Luedtke recalls clearly his first evaluation as a student teacher. The only comments from the instructors who observed him were “Good job!” and “You did everything right.”
“But I knew I had a lot to learn and a lot I could improve on,” said Luedtke, who now teaches middle school social studies at the A. Mario Loiederman Middle School for the Creative and Performing Arts in Silver Spring, Md.
As accountability pressures on schools increase, teacher evaluation and supervision have come under new scrutiny.
