All blogs tagged with teacher effectiveness

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

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

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

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

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 +

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 +

“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 +

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 +

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 +

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

Source: "Great Teaching," published by Education Next

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

The Hindu

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

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 +

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

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

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