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ERIC Number: ED274677
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Apr
Pages: 11
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Multiple Data Sources in Teacher Evaluation.
Furtwengler, Carol; And Others
The Tennessee Career Ladder Program is a statewide evaluation system designed to pay teachers for teaching well. The system is based on a set of objectives called Domains of Competence, which are subdivided into Indicators. Early in the design of the system, it was decided to use multiple data sources, including a variety of instruments, to assess the Domains and Indicators. This paper reports the 1984-85 evaluation of 3,000 experienced classroom teachers. Grade levels K-12 and general education subject areas were included. Each teacher was evaluated by a team of three trained peer teachers from other school systems. The 105 full-time evaluators received more than 60 hours of training in administering the seven instruments: classroom observation, portfolio analysis, principal questionnaire, student questionnaires, peer questionnaires, a test, and evaluator judgment. Analysis includes descriptions of the evaluation system and of changes made in the system for use in 1985-86 and the reasons for them. The Domains and Indicators used in the 1984-85 evaluation and their data sources are included in the appendix. (Author/JAZ)
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Tennessee
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A