CEPR Faculty Director Thomas Kane speaks to the Washington Post about teacher evaluation.
Thomas Kane is professor of education and economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Research, which works with states and municipalities to evaluate educational policies. He recently partnered with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on the "Measures of Effective Teaching" (or MET) project, which was intended to develop metrics capable of determining which teachers are faring better than others, and to determine...
CEPR Faculty Director Thomas Kane discusses the minimum standard of effectiveness for teachers in the following Brookings Institution paper.... Read more about Who is an Effective Teacher?
CEPR Faculty Director Thomas Kane proposes conducting a modern day Flexner report on teacher preparation in order to provide evidence for a new model program in the following Brookings Institution paper.... Read more about A Flexner Report on Teacher Preparation
SDP Data Fellows Richard Bowman and Sade Bonilla’s work on the value-added model being used for the teacher evaluation system in Albuquerque Public Schools is highlighted in the two articles “Pilot Program to Test Merit Pay for Teachers” and “Mixed Reviews on School Grading Plan” in the Albuquerque Journal.... Read more about SDP Fellows Richard Bowman and Sade Bonilla's work highlighted in Albuquerque Journal
The Strategic Data Project College-Going Diagnostic for the Los Angeles Unified School District is referenced in the following Los Angeles Times article.
In California, teachers whose students include English learners are required by state law to have special certification. That's sensible, given the special challenges that come with running a classroom in which not all children are equally proficient in the language being spoken. There are two ways to secure that certification: by graduating from a college or university that grants such a certificate, or by attending a...
