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 what factors help determine success.
He recently wrapped up a randomized study with MET that identified a number of factors associated with quality teaching. We spoke on the phone Feb. 1; a lightly edited transcript follows.
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