All blogs tagged with teacher effectiveness

Teacher Pay in Latin America & the Caribbean

Sarah Stanton, Ananya Subrahmanian ˙ Dec 10, 2017 ˙ PREAL Blog

GPE/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

How can teacher pay policies incentivize better performance and improve learning outcomes?Read more +

Fixing the Education Mess in Estado de Mexico

Eduardo Vélez Bustillo ˙ Apr 6, 2016 ˙ PREAL Blog

Inadequate administrative structures for planning and management of human resources are a key source of internal inefficiency in Latin American countries.Read more +

Producing High-Quality Teachers

Jeffrey Puryear ˙ Apr 1, 2015 ˙ PREAL Blog

l'interrogazione /  mbeo /  CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

What teacher training strategies can produce high quality teaching in Latin America?Read more +

A Little Less Evaluation, A Little More Feedback

Alejandro Ganimian ˙ Aug 26, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog

Docentes Inedaps / DanielCorzo1 / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Teacher evaluation policies used to improve the effectiveness of teachers may be more successful were they to provide feedback.Read more +

Managing Classrooms to Support Learning

˙ Jul 24, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog

Maestra Trabajando / Jorge Tineo  / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia

Key elements of teacher policy in Latin America and their impact on student learning. Read more +

Strengthening Teacher Policy to Facilitate Change

˙ Apr 10, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog

“Evaluarán las distintas estrategias para enseñar a leer en los establecimientos subvencionados chilenos”/ Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/Flickr/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Why good teachers are critical to the success of education systems and how PREAL is seeking to bring attention to the issue. Read more +

Training First-rate Teachers

Guillermo Perry ˙ Dec 17, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog

A Technical education class specializing in business administration / Charlotte Kesi / World Bank / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Guillermo Perry argues improving teacher quality will improve education in Colombia and lists four key steps to achieve that.Read more +

Teacher Training’s Low Grade

˙ Jul 9, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog

The Wall Street Journal

Study argues that teacher training programs in the US do not prepare graduates to provide quality primary and secondary education.Read more +

Baby Steps to Evaluate Teachers’ Skills: The State of Teachers in Mexico, Part Two

˙ Aug 28, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog

A look at the results and takeaways, both negative and positive, of the teacher evaluation program in Mexico.Read more +

Definitive Evidence on the Value-added Approach

˙ Aug 15, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog

Source: "Great Teaching," published by Education Next

Benefits of the "value-added analysis" in evaluating teacher effectiveness.Read more +

What the US Presidential Candidates Should Be Talking About

˙ Mar 20, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog

The Hindu

Three questions regarding education the 2012 presidential hopefuls should be pressed on.Read more +

Teacher preparation and qualifications

˙ Oct 7, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog

Image from the University of Michigan.

Study uses four measures to compare seven countries in an effort to determine how the US might raise the quality of its teachers.Read more +

Obama Offers Flexibility on NCLB

˙ Sep 30, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog

States can now qualify for flexibility on No Child Left Behind Act if they meet three requirements.Read more +

Bill Gates urges teacher effectiveness policies

˙ Mar 17, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog

Bill Gates criticizes US for lacking teacher measures of effectiveness, saying they are tied to student learning and achievement. Read more +

PREAL International Conference 2010: Teacher Effectiveness

˙ Nov 18, 2010 ˙ PREAL Blog

Summary of PREAL’s recent international conference on teacher effectiveness, held in Guatemala City.Read more +