April+20,+2010+Summaries


 * A Practical Guide to Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness**

This article examines the various methods of teacher evaluation. See page 16 of article (page 20 in PDF) for tabble that compares method to specific purposes
 * Value-added
 * Classroom observation
 * Analysis of artifacts
 * Porfolios
 * Teacher self-reports
 * Student ratings

Recommendations:
 * Define "teacher effectiveness" as a district (They caution about putting too much emphasis on increasing student achievement - see page 2); either use this as a guide or develop our own