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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Have We Identified Effective Teachers? Validating Measures of Effective Teaching Using Random Assignment. Research Paper. MET Project
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Kane, Thomas J.; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Miller, Trey; Staiger, Douglas O. – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2013
To develop, reward, and retain great teachers, school systems first must know how to identify them. The authors designed the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project to test replicable methods for identifying effective teachers. In past reports, the authors described three approaches to measuring different aspects of teaching: student surveys,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Gains
Working with Teachers to Develop Fair and Reliable Measures of Effective Teaching. MET Project
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2010
In fall 2009, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project to develop and test multiple measures of teacher effectiveness. The goal of the MET project is to improve the quality of information about teaching effectiveness available to education professionals within states and districts--information…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness, Instructional Effectiveness