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Teacher Learning Through Assessment

How Student-Performance Assessments Can Support Teacher Learning
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Teacher Learning Through Assessment: How Student-Performance Assessments Can Support Teacher Learning

September 12, 2013
Linda Darling-Hammond
Beverly Falk
Center for American Progress

This report from Darling-Hammond and Falk describes teacher learning through involvement with student assessments in the United States and around the world.

 

Preparing 21st Century Citizens: The Role of Work-Based Learning in Linked Learning

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Preparing 21st Century Citizens: The Role of Work-Based Learning in Linked Learning

August 30, 2013
M. Felicity Rogers-Chapman
Linda Darling-Hammond

This brief describes how Linked Learning schools can create education programs blending real-world problems with skills to succeed in college and the workforce. 

Developing and Sustaining a High-Quality Teacher Force

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January 1, 2013
Linda Darling-Hammond
Asia Society

This brief by Linda Darling-Hammond describes the strategies used to develop and support high-quality teaching in three cities from different nations on three separate continents. 

 

The Linked Learning Advantage: Using Linked Learning to Implement the Common Core State Standards

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Using Linked Learning to Implement the Common Core State Standards

August 8, 2013
Elle Rustique (SCOPE)
Brad Stam (ConnectEd)
SCOPE

This brief looks at the ways in which Linked Learning both connects with and can facilitate the implementation of the Common Core State Standards.

 

Getting Teacher Evaluation Right: A Challenge for Policy Makers

Capitol Hill Briefing
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September 14, 2011
Edward Haertel, Jesse Rothstein, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, and Linda Darling-Hammond
AERA and NAE

This Capitol Hill brief addresses how teacher effectiveness might best be measured, which teacher evaluation policies and practices are effective, and which policies are likely to support sound teacher evaluation.

 

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How High-Achieving Countries Develop Great Teachers

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August 1, 2010
Linda Darling-Hammond, Ruth Chung Wei, and Alethea Andree
SCOPE

In this research brief, Linda Darling-Hammond and colleagues look at how high-achieving countries organize professional learning for teachers to draw a set of policy lessons for the United States.

 

Distributive Leadership in District Reform: A Model for Taking Linked Learning to Scale

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February 1, 2010
School Redesign Network
School Redesign Network

This brief describes distributive leadership, shares an example of a California district using this practice to implement reform, surfaces potential challenges, and offers questions to consider.

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