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TNTP Program Evaluation

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Project Status: Past
Focus Area: School Improvement & Redesign
Location: Louisiana

Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, this study is examining the relationship of TNTP’s evaluation system for new teachers to student outcomes in Louisiana. Scholars from Brown University and the University of Michigan are also involved in this work.

See also: Teacher Effectiveness, Project, Past
Tyler, J. H., Jacob, B. A., Dougherty, S. M., Hanson, H. J., Fullerton, J. B., & Herlihy, C. M. (2012). Are Practice-Based Teacher Evaluations and Teacher Effectiveness Linked in TNTP’s "Performance Assessment System (PAS)"? . Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University.Abstract
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The CEPR report, “Are Practice-Based Teacher Evaluations and Teacher Effectiveness Linked in TNTP’s Performance Assessment System (PAS)?” examines the evaluation system for first-year Louisiana teachers trained by TNTP, a national nonprofit organization focused on improving teacher performance.  The authors conclude that there is a modest positive relationship between teachers’ PAS scores and actual student achievement growth in math and reading.  The analysis also suggests that, with some technical improvements, the PAS could become an even better predictor of student academic outcomes.

TNTP
TNTP is a national nonprofit committed to ending the injustice of educational inequality. Founded by teachers in 1997, TNTP works with schools, districts and states to provide excellent teachers to the students who need them most and advance policies and practices that ensure effective teaching in every classroom. TNTP collaborated with CEPR on the Are Practice-Based Teacher Evaluations and Teacher Effectivenss Linked in TNTP’s Performance Assessment System paper.