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Developing High‐Quality Teachers: teacher evaluation for improvement
Author(s) -
Looney Janet
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1465-3435
pISSN - 0141-8211
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-3435.2011.01492.x
Subject(s) - workforce , student achievement , quality (philosophy) , teacher quality , professional development , teacher education , faculty development , mathematics education , medical education , psychology , pedagogy , academic achievement , political science , business , marketing , medicine , metric (unit) , philosophy , epistemology , law
As countries aim to ensure high achievement for all students, improving and sustaining the quality of the teacher workforce is a vital policy priority. Several studies have found that well‐designed teacher evaluation systems, aligned with professional learning and development, can contribute to improvements in the quality of teaching and raise student achievement. This article provides an overview of research on teacher evaluation for improvement and suggests directions for policy and research to strengthen systems.