Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ590514
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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California Formative Assessment and Support System for Teachers (CFASST): Investing in Teachers' Professional Development.
Olebe, Margaret
Teaching and Change, v6 n3 p258-71 Spr 1999
Presents information from the first year of the California Formative Assessment and Support System for Teachers (CFASST), suggesting that it offers a way to diagnose teaching systematically and facilitate improved student academic achievement. Open-ended feedback from support providers all over California on the first CFASST events indicates that the system focuses both novices and experts on essential teaching skills. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Formative Evaluation, Mentors, Public Education, State Government, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Improvement, Teaching Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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