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Test Students to Improve High School Teaching, Policy Brief Urges

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 126, Clicks: 3) View Story

More effective teaching in high schools will get its biggest boost from a variety of high-quality assessments of student learning, according to a policy brief from a group that advocates for high school students in danger of dropping out or graduating with low skills.

2 comments | Tags: high school alliance for excellent education value added teacher career ladders | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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#1 by nitajo posted ago

+1 apples

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Alliance for Excellent Education(Washington-based)urges more work on measures of student learning, both on the assessments and the statistical methods measuring the value that teachers add. It also pushes policymakers and educators to structure high schools for incentives linked to teacher quality and professional development that makes teachers collaborators around student data.

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#2 by Starla posted ago

+2 apples

using observations of teachers’ classroom performance to improve effectiveness and form part of the structure for career ladders does help to upgrade the ability of the students in getting the lessons

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