Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ440419
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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Evaluating Schools and Teachers Based on Student Performance: Testing an Alternative Methodology.
Bingham, Richard D.; And Others
Evaluation Review, v15 n2 p191-218 Apr 1991
An empirical test of a method of teacher evaluation by predicting student performance and comparing it with actual outcomes is described. Results from 6,249 urban fifth graders in 103 schools suggest that teachers can be evaluated in this way and that the best and worst teachers can be identified. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Evaluation Methods, Excellence in Education, Grade 5, Predictive Measurement, Regression (Statistics), School Effectiveness, Standardized Tests, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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