Formal Teacher Evaluations

Improving Teacher Evaluation to Improve Teacher Quality
http://snipurl.com/5599l [www_ecs_org]
National Governors Association, NGA Center for Best Practices, Issue Brief, December 2002

Improving Instruction through Effective Teacher Evaluation: Options for States and Districts
http://www.tqsource.org/publications/February2008Brief.pdf
National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, February 2008

Rush to Judgment: Teacher Evaluation in Public Education
http://snipurl.com/5591x [www_ecs_org]
Education Sector, Education Sector Reports, January 2008

Fixing Teacher Evaluation
http://snipurl.com/5595x [www_ascd_org]
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Educational Leadership, October 2008

Framework for Evaluation and Professional Growth (tools, examples, and TN Guide)
http://www.state.tn.us/education/frameval/
Tennessee Department of Education, September 2007

Tennessee Teacher Performance Assessment (example of a form)
http://www.state.tn.us/education/frameval/doc/TeachPerfAssess.doc
Tennessee Dept. of Education, September 2007

Teacher Evaluation: New Directions and Practices (forms, procedures, articles)
http://www.teacherevaluation.net/index.html
Dr. Kenneth Peterson, Portland State University, Oregon

A Profile of Teaching in a Standards-Based Classroom (observation tool)
http://www.annenberginstitute.org/tools/tools/detail.php?toolid=150
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2006

Evaluating Value-Added Models for Teacher Accountability
http://snipurl.com/5598j [www_ecs_org]
Rand Education for the Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2003

Using Student Progress to Evaluate Teachers: A Primer on Value-Added Models
http://snipurl.com/5598z [www_ecs_org]
Educational Testing Service, September 2005