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Providing Effective Teachers for All Students:

Examples From Five Districts

A PPSS Lessons From the Field Report

A PPSS Lessons From the Field Report

Providing Effective Teachers for All Students: Examples From Five Districts

Prepared by Mariann Lemke Kerri Thomsen Andrew Wayne Beatrice Birman American Institutes for Research Washington, DC

Prepared for U.S. Department of Education Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development Policy and Program Studies Service

2012

This report was prepared for the U.S. Department of Education under Contract Number ED-04-CO-0025/0021 with the American Institutes for Research. Elizabeth Eisner served as contracting officer's representative for this report. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of the Department of Education. No official endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education is intended or should be inferred. In addition, any mention of trade names, commercial products, services, or organizations in this report does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education.

U.S. Department of Education Arne Duncan Secretary

Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development Carmel Martin Assistant Secretary

Policy and Program Studies Service Stuart Kerachsky Director

June 2012

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Contents

List of Exhibits .......................................................................................................................... v Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................................vii Executive Summary..................................................................................................................ix Identifying Effective Teachers ......................................................................................................................... x Using Information About Teachers' Effectiveness in Human Resource Policies .................................. xi Taking Targeted Action to Improve Equitable Access to Effective Teachers........................................xii

I. Introduction and Overview.................................................................................................. 1 The Focus and Organization of This Report ................................................................................................ 2 The Five Districts Profiled for This Report .................................................................................................. 3 II. Identifying Effective Teachers ............................................................................................5 Measuring Teacher Effectiveness Through Student Achievement Growth ............................................. 6 Measuring Teacher Effectiveness Through Classroom Observation Methods......................................12 Summary ............................................................................................................................................................ 20

III.Using Information About Teachers' Effectiveness in Human Resource Policies ........... 21 Preparing and Hiring Effective New Teachers ...........................................................................................21 Improving the Effectiveness of Current Teachers .....................................................................................23 Retaining Effective Teachers and Removing Ineffective Teachers..........................................................26 Summary ............................................................................................................................................................ 30

IV. Taking Targeted Action to Improve Equitable Access to Effective Teachers................. 31 Analyzing Effectiveness Data to Determine Whether and Where Action Is Needed ..........................31 Attracting Effective Teachers to and Retaining Them in High-Need Schools ......................................33 Offering Principals in High-Need Schools Additional Assistance With Hiring.....................................35 Summary ............................................................................................................................................................ 35

References................................................................................................................................ 37

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Appendix A .............................................................................................................................. 41 Appendix A Contents...............................................................................................................................43 Appendix A?1: Eagle County Award Computation............................................................................45 Appendix A?2: Columbus TAP Award Computation ........................................................................49 Appendix A?3: Columbus Performance Advancement System (PAS) Gains Calculation ............53 Appendix A?4: Columbus Value-Added Professional Development Materials..............................57 Appendix A?5: Hillsborough Current Observation Rubric ...............................................................65 Appendix A?6: Hillsborough New Observation Rubric ....................................................................69 Appendix A?7: Eagle County Professional Practices Rubric.............................................................79 Appendix A?8: Houston Decision-Making Framework.....................................................................97 Appendix A?9: Hillsborough Teacher Summary Sheet ....................................................................103

Appendix B: Site Descriptions .............................................................................................. 109 Appendix B?1: Columbus City School District Site Description....................................................111 Appendix B?2: Eagle County School District Site Description.......................................................115 Appendix B?3: Hamilton County School District Site Description ...............................................119 Appendix B?4: Hillsborough County Public Schools Site Description..........................................123 Appendix B?5: Houston Independent School District Site Description .......................................127

Appendix C: Study Methods...................................................................................................131

Appendix D: List of Resources.............................................................................................. 135

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Exhibits

I. Introduction and Overview Exhibit 1 Policies and Practices in Use in the Five Districts Profiled for This Report........................... 4

II. Identifying Effective Teachers Exhibit 2 Sample Teacher Effectiveness Scores ........................................................................................... 7 Exhibit 3 Hillsborough County's Method for Computing Teacher Effectiveness .................................. 8 Exhibit 4 Tests Used for Columbus Performance Advancement System ................................................ 9 Exhibit 5 Houston's Web Portal ...................................................................................................................11 Exhibit 6 Description of Hamilton County's Planned Measure of Teacher Practice............................12 Exhibit 7 Hamilton County's Guidance on Conducting Observations...................................................17 Exhibit 8 Results of Houston's Survey on the Classroom Observation Framework ............................18

III. Using Information About Teachers' Effectiveness in Human Resource Policies Exhibit 9 Hamilton County's Proposed Cycle of Feedback to Improve Teacher Effectiveness ........24 Exhibit 10 Houston's Staff Management Decisionmaking Framework Excerpt...................................29

IV. Taking Targeted Action to Improve Equitable Access to Effective Teachers Exhibit 11 Houston's Analysis of Distribution of Effective Teachers,

by School Poverty Level.............................................................................................................32

Appendix B: Site Descriptions Appendix B?1: Columbus City School District Site Description

Exhibit B-1.1 District Snapshot ................................................................................................................113 Exhibit B-1.2 District Proficiency Rates in Mathematics and Reading,

Grades 3?10, for 2008?09.................................................................................................113 Appendix B?2: Eagle County School District Site Description Exhibit B-2.1 District Snapshot ................................................................................................................117 Exhibit B-2.2 District Proficiency Rates in Mathematics and Reading,

Grades 3?10, for 2008?09.................................................................................................117 Appendix B?3: Hamilton County School District Site Description Exhibit B-3.1 District Snapshot ................................................................................................................121 Appendix B?4: Hillsborough County Public Schools Site Description Exhibit B-4.1 District Snapshot ................................................................................................................125 Exhibit B-4.2 District Proficiency Rates in Mathematics and Reading,

Grades 3?10, for 2008?09.................................................................................................125

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Appendix B?5: Houston Independent School District Site Description Exhibit B-5.1 District Snapshot ................................................................................................................129

Exhibit B-5.2 District Proficiency Rates in Mathematics and Reading, Grades 3?10, for 2008?09.................................................................................................129

Exhibits

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