Student Growth Measures in Policy and Practice: Intended and Unintended Consequences of High-Stakes Teacher Evaluations

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction: The Use of Student Growth Measures for Educator Accountability at the Intersection of Policy and Practice....Pages 1-25
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
When Theoretical Models Meet School Realities: Educator Responses to Student Growth Measures in an Incentive Pay Program....Pages 29-47
Teachers’ Voices: Where Policy Meets Practice....Pages 49-71
Measuring Student Growth: A View from the Classroom....Pages 73-93
Practitioners’ Responses to Washington’s Required Use of Student Growth Measures in Teacher Evaluation....Pages 95-115
The Role of “Informational Significance” in Shaping Louisiana Elementary Teachers’ Use of High-Stakes Teacher Evaluation Data for Instructional Decision-Making....Pages 117-135
What Counts as Good Teaching? How a Student Growth Percentile Model Has Defined Teacher Quality at One Urban Middle School....Pages 137-152
Section I Discussion: How Do Educators Use Student Growth Measures in Practice?....Pages 153-165
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
“First, Do No Harm?”: A Framework for Ethical Decision-Making in Teacher Evaluation....Pages 169-188
The Future of Student Growth Models in Managing the Teacher Workforce: Less Direct, More Indirect....Pages 189-201
An Analysis of the Meaning and Use of Student Learning Objectives....Pages 203-222
Judging Teacher Evaluation: The Legal Implications of High-Stakes Teacher Evaluation Policy....Pages 223-243
Section II Discussion: Student Growth Measures in Evaluation: Illusions of Fairness?....Pages 245-259
Might the Tidal Wave Recede? Considering the Future of Student Growth Measures in Teacher Accountability....Pages 261-283
Back Matter....Pages 285-291