Publications

Here are some articles from organizations nationwide that offer further insight towards teacher effectivenes and implementation plans. 

Policy Briefs from The Consortium for Policy Research in Education
A report on the standards-based teacher evaluation as a foundation for knowledge and skill-based pay by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education.

More than Widgets- TAP: A Systematic Approach to Increased Teaching Effectiveness (National Institute for Excellence in Teaching)
TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement a systemic approach to increased teaching effectiveness, a report by the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching.

More than Measurement (National Institute for Excellence in Teaching)
A report by the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching about TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement and the lessons learned for designing better teacher evaluation systems.

Primary Sources: America’s Teachers on America’s Schools (Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Offers a review of the current evaluation system and why it is flawed and proposes new ideas for the future of the teacher evaluation system.

Performance-Based Compensation (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Design and Implementation of at six teacher incentive fund sites.

The Widget Effect (Executive Summary)
Our national failure to acknowledge and act on differences on teacher effectiveness.

Teacher Evaluation 2.0 (The New Teacher Project)
Annual process with clear, rigorous expectations, multiple measures, multiple ratings, regular feedback, and significance.

A Highly Effective Teacher in Every Classroom (New Schools Venture Fund)
Creating talent development systems that drives instructional excellence.

Taking Human Capital Seriously (Strategic Management of Human Capital)
Talented teachers in every classroom, talented principals in every school.

Teacher Quality Roadmap (National Council on Teacher Quality)
The National Council on Teacher Quality writes on improving policies and practices in LAUSD.

Highly rated instructors go beyond teaching to the standardized test (Los Angeles Times)
Teachers in Sourthern California are making lesson plans creative in preparation for the standardized tests.