TAP's Elements TAP Outcomes Legislation Understanding Value-Added Teacher Quality Resources Teacher Compensation Teacher Evaluation Teacher Recruitment and Retension Student Assessment Federal Policy Teacher Effectiveness Teacher and Principal Leadership The Working Group on Teacher Quality
The following is a list of resources, including publications and Web sites, that provide additional information on the latest research, policies and discussions focused on teacher quality. Check back regularly as we will periodically update this page with additional resources.
Publications
Student Assessment
(Strong American Schools, ED in ’08, August 2008)This briefing explains how testing can be used as an effective measure of student achievement in order to reward teacher performance. The report argues that test scores can be used fairly, are meaningful and that fears about the negative consequences of testing are inflated.
(Education Commission of the States [ECS], June 2007)
This paper discusses the use of student performance in teacher evaluation, including value-added methods, and the use of student achievement scores on standardized tests.
(Working Group on Teacher Quality, 2007)
The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) and fellow members of the Working Group on Teacher Quality held a roundtable discussion with policymakers, researchers and practitioners with expertise in value-added analysis of student achievement. This document presents a summary of the roundtable's major themes, findings and lessons learned.
Susan Tave Zelman, Senior Vice President for Education, Public Broadcasting System, Former Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction
"...TAP seems to be creating a fair and credible way to evaluate teacher effectiveness."