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Sawchuk, Stephen – Education Week, 2010
Spurred by the promise of $350 million in Race to the Top money for improved tests--as well as an opportunity to strengthen bids for part of the federal fund's larger $4 billion pot--states are scrambling to join consortia to develop common assessments. Six state consortia are now engaged in discussions about common tests, and the multiple…
Descriptors: Consortia, Evaluation, Federal Legislation, Public Agencies
Sawchuk, Stephen – Education Week, 2009
Leaders in a handful of school districts are pondering the idea of "front-loading" teacher compensation by paying novices more than they would typically earn under traditional salary schedules. Boosting new teachers' salaries, officials in Denver, the District of Columbia, and New York City contend, would increase the applicant pool and…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Human Capital, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Recruitment
Sawchuk, Stephen – Education Week, 2008
As states' information-collection systems grow more sophisticated, officials are grappling with where to draw the line on how "value added" data on teachers can be used. Since the adoption of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the task of establishing data systems for tracking students' year-to-year achievement gains has fallen…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Unions