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Partee, Glenda L. – Center for American Progress, 2012
Research shows that an effective teacher is key to student success. But determining what evidence best reflects teacher effectiveness and how this information can be used to improve the quality of teaching are among the significant issues facing public education today. The impetus for meaningful teacher evaluation reform from many sectors set the…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Evidence, Evaluation Methods, Grants
Pennington, Kaitlin – Center for American Progress, 2014
In 2011, President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan provided states with an opportunity for flexibility from certain requirements under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or ESEA, currently known as the No Child Left Behind, or NCLB, Act. A total of 43 states; Washington, D.C.; Puerto Rico; and eight districts in…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Evaluation