In this book, contributors help readers understand what it takes to establish and maintain professional learning communities that increase educator effectiveness.
Leading Educational Change is comprised of 25 short articles on system-wide reform and addresses issues in 15 different countries.
Ann Lieberman, a featured author in Leading Educational Change, discusses what it means to be a teacher in different countries.
This state policy guide offers a solutions-oriented roadmap for lawmakers and advocates on teaching quality with sample policy and models of success.
Reliability and Validity of Inferences About Teachers Based on Student Test Scores
Stanford professor Edward Haertel discusses the reliability and validity of teacher value-added scores and whether they measure what they purport to measure.
Teacher Learning Through Assessment: How Student-Performance Assessments Can Support Teacher Learning
This report from Darling-Hammond and Falk describes teacher learning through involvement with student assessments in the United States and around the world.
Study led by Darling-Hammond shows that elementary students performed better when taught by certified teachers rather than by instructors lacking formal preparation.
An article in USA Today on Darling-Hammond's publication, "Does Teacher Preparation Matter?"
This multi-authored study examines whether certified teachers are, in general, more effective than those who have not met the testing and training requirements for certification.
This article cites Linda Darling-Hammond on the approval of the Performance Assessment for California Teachers, or PACT.
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