<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>27</ref-type><contributors><translated-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alliance for Excellent Education</style></author></translated-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Measuring and Improving the Effectiveness of High School Teachers</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environment</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">High Schools</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Job-embedded PD</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Legislature</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Measuring Effectiveness</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Performance Levels</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Policy Makers</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Professional Development</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Research</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Secondary</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Student Learning Gains</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Teacher Effectiveness</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Teacher Evaluations</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Teacher Quality</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Value-added analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Workplace</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">03/2008</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.all4ed.org/files/TeacherEffectiveness.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alliance for Excellent Education</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Washington, D.C.</style></pub-location><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	Most education reformers agree that effective teaching is defined by improving student learning, but they disagree on how to measure teacher effectiveness and how to use those measurements to improve teaching. Thus far, most of the policy debate on teacher effectiveness has focused on using test scores to implement merit pay or to fire teachers, but those strategies alone will not lift teacher performance on a large scale. In order to improve high school teaching, educators and policymakers must first invest in solid, objective ways to measure a teacher&amp;rsquo;s effectiveness. Currently, many experts believe that the best method is to use &amp;ldquo;value-added&amp;rdquo; analysis, a statistical method described in more detail in this brief.&lt;/p&gt;
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