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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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