 | Getting Value Out of Value-Added: Report of a Workshop
(BOTA)
2010
Value-added methods refer to efforts to estimate the relative contributions of specific teachers, schools, or programs to student test performance. In recent years, these methods have attracted...
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 | Preparing Teachers:Building Evidence for Sound Policy
(BOTA)
2010
Teachers make a difference. The success of any plan for improving educational outcomes depends on the teachers who carry it out and thus on the abilities of those attracted to the field and their...
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 | Letter Report to the U.S. Department of Education on the Race to the Top Fund
(BOTA)
2009
This report examines the Race to the Top initiative--a $4.35 billion grant program included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to encourage state-level education reforms. The report...
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 | Assessing Accomplished Teaching: Advanced-Level Certification Programs
(BOTA)
2008
The mission of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) is to establish "high and rigorous standards for what teachers should know and be able to do, to certify teachers who meet...
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 | Testing Teacher Candidates: The Role of Licensure Tests in Improving Teacher Quality
(BOTA)
2001
COMMITTEE ON ASSESSMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY DAVID Z. ROBINSON, Chair, Carnegie Corporation of New York LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND, School of Education, Stanford University CARL A. GRANT, Department of...
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