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Guskey, Thomas R.; Link, Laura J. – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2022
The purpose of this exploratory, descriptive study was to investigate teachers' perceptions of three types of feedback on students' performance to guide instructional improvements. These include: (1) formative assessment error analyses, (2) mastery charts of class progress on formative assessments, and (3) summative assessment results comparisons…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Attitudes, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
Guskey, Thomas R. – Educational Leadership, 2014
Why does professional learning for educators have such a mixed history? Why is it so hard to find solid research evidence of professional development programs that actually improve student learning outcomes? Part of the answer, writes Thomas R. Guskey, is that professional learning experiences for educators are rarely well planned. Consequently,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness, Planning, Program Development
Guskey, Thomas R.; McTighe, Jay – Educational Leadership, 2016
Nearly every modern instructional planning model, differentiation approach, and personalized learning system incorporates some form of re-assessment. Yet there's scant research evidence that teachers use pre-assessment in ways that improve learning, according to Guskey and McTighe. To increase the likelihood that pre-assessment will be worth the…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Evaluation Methods, Educational Improvement
Where Do You Want to Get To? Effective Professional Learning Begins with a Clear Destination in Mind
Guskey, Thomas R. – Learning Professional, 2017
Educators often shy away from evaluating professional learning experiences because they believe the process requires knowledge and skills they don't possess. As a result, they either neglect evaluation procedures completely or leave them to "experts" who come in at the end and gather data to determine if anything made a difference. But…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Program Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Educational Quality
Guskey, Thomas R.; Yoon, Kwang Suk – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
Scholars from the American Institutes for Research analyzed findings from over 1,300 studies that potentially address the effect of professional development on student learning outcomes. The project was sponsored by the Regional Education Laboratory-Southwest (RELSW) and funded by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Professional Development, Elementary School Students
Guskey, Thomas R. – Journal of Staff Development, 1998
In this age of accountability, evaluation must become an integral part of staff development. This paper describes what evaluation is; the three types of evaluation (planning, formative, and summative); and the five critical stages of staff development evaluation. It presents 12 guidelines for improving the quality of professional-development…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Guskey, Thomas R. – Journal of Staff Development, 2005
When the standards movement began more than 15 years ago, most educators welcomed the prospect of having clearly articulated student learning goals. The publication of the first set of standards by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in 1989 was greeted with unprecedented optimism. Standards offered educators a direction for reform…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Educational Change, Academic Standards, Academic Achievement
Guskey, Thomas R. – 1994
All proposals for education reform include professional development as a significant element in promoting change. Questions have been raised about the effectiveness of professional development and its role in educational reform. Consequently, evaluation of professional development programs is increasing and expanding to include student…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Professional Continuing Education