NEPC Resources on Teacher Evaluation

(May 4, 2021). Five Myths About Teaching. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-teacher-appreciation-050421

(July 11, 2019). This Teacher Evaluation Trend Was the Reform Du Jour. Now States Are Backing Away. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-teacher-eval-071119

Amy N. Farley, Leah Chamberlain (December 4, 2018). NEPC Review: Making a Difference: Six Places Where Teacher Evaluation Systems Are Getting Results (National Council on Teacher Quality, October 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-teacher-eval

(September 6, 2018). Whatever Happened with the Los Angeles Times' Decision to Publish Teachers’ Value-Added Scores?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-value-added-090618

(July 26, 2018). What Do We Know About Teacher Quality?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-teacher-quality-072618

Kevin Close, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, Clarin Collins (June 5, 2018). State-Level Assessments and Teacher Evaluation Systems after the Passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Some Steps in the Right Direction. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/state-assessment

Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, Wen-Chia Chang, Molly Cummings Carney (May 24, 2018). NEPC Review: 2018 State Teacher Policy Best Practices Guide (National Council on Teacher Quality, March 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-teacher-quality

Francesca López (February 27, 2018). NEPC Review: Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund: Final Report on Implementation and Impact of Pay-for-Performance Across Four Years (Institute of Education Sciences, December 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-teacher-incentive

Patricia H. Hinchey (November 7, 2017). NEPC Review: Teacher Absenteeism in Charter and Traditional Public Schools (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, September 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-absenteeism

Gregory A. Smith, Alyssa Hadley Dunn (October 17, 2017). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Alyssa Hadley Dunn on Viral Teacher Resignation Letters. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-hadley-dunn

Amy N. Farley (February 21, 2017). NEPC Review: For Good Measure? Teacher Evaluation Policy in the ESSA Era (Bellwether Education Partners, December 2016). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-teacher-evaluation

William J. Mathis (August 23, 2016). Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2016 Collection. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/research-based-options

Elizabeth J. Meyer (January 7, 2016). NEPC Review: Smart, Skilled, and Striving: Transforming and Elevating the Teaching Profession (Center for American Progress, November 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-tprep

Heather C. Hill (September 30, 2015). NEPC Review: The Mirage: Confronting the Hard Truth About Our Quest for Teacher Development (TNTP, August 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-tntp-mirage

Kevin G. Welner (June 3, 2015). Silver Linings Casebook: How Vergara’s Backers May Lose by Winning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/silver-linings-casebook

Patricia H. Hinchey (April 13, 2015). NEPC Review: Paying the Best Teachers More to Teach More Students (Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University, February 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-paying-best-teachers

Mark R. Warren (February 2, 2015). Review of Turning Lightning into Electricity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-turning-lightning-into-electricity

Kevin K. Kumashiro (January 12, 2015). NEPC Review: Proposed 2015 Federal Teacher Preparation Regulations (U.S. Department of Education, December 2014). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-proposed-teacher-preparation

(June 24, 2014). Debate Intensifies over Value-Added Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/debate-intensifies

Moshe Adler (April 10, 2014). Review of Measuring the Impacts of Teachers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-measuring-impact-of-teachers

Clive Belfield (February 27, 2014). Review of A Legal Lever for Enhancing Productivity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-legal-lever

Jennie Whitcomb (January 21, 2014). Review of Fixing Classroom Observations: How Common Core Will Change the Way We Look at Teaching. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-fixing-classroom-observations

Patricia H. Hinchey (December 12, 2013). Review of An Opportunity Culture for All: Making Teaching a Highly Paid, High-Impact Profession. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-opportunity-culture

Katherine E. Ryan, Tysza Gandha, Jeehae Ahn (November 12, 2013). School Self-Evaluation and Inspection for Improving U.S. Schools?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-self-evaluation

Andy Hargreaves, Henry Braun, Kathleen Gebhardt (October 22, 2013). Data-Driven Improvement and Accountability. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/data-driven-improvement-accountability

William J. Mathis (June 13, 2013). Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2013 Collection. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/options

Ed Fuller, Nathan Dadey (April 9, 2013). Review of Evaluation of Teach for America in Texas Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-evaluation-tfa-texas

Joydeep Roy (March 26, 2013). NEPC Review: The School Staffing Surge: Decades of Employment Growth in America’s Public Schools, Part II (Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, February 2013). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-school-staffing-surge-2

Jesse Rothstein, William J. Mathis (January 31, 2013). NEPC Review: Have We Identified Effective Teachers? (Gates Foundation, January 2013). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-MET-final-2013

Joydeep Roy (December 4, 2012). Review of The School Staffing Surge. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-school-staffing

Eric M. Camburn (November 15, 2012). Review of Asking Students About Teaching. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-asking-students

(February 17, 2011). Fact Checking the Los Angeles Times’ Defense of Its Teacher Rating Reporting. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/fact-checking

Patricia H. Hinchey (December 7, 2010). Getting Teacher Assessment Right: What Policymakers Can Learn From Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/getting-teacher-assessment-right

Vincent J.A. Badolato (July 1, 2007). Teacher Data in Colorado: Considering Potential Opportunities and Risks of Recent Proposals. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teacher-data-colorado

Alex Molnar, Douglas N. Harris, Gene V Glass, Lisa Abrams, Madhabi Chatterji, Mary Lee Smith, Sherman Dorn, Tim Hacsi, Victoria-Maria MacDonald (January 1, 2004). Reform Florida. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/reform-florida

Catherine A. Lugg (January 1, 2001). Congress, Teachers, and the Perils of Merit Pay. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/congress-teachers-and-perils-merit-pay

A. Kreitzer (January 1, 1987). The Texas Teacher Test. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-texas-teacher-test