As more states turn to Student Learning Objectives to measure student growth and use the results to calculate effectiveness ratings for educators, there is a rapidly growing need for ed-tech tools ...

• Brief 4 - Examining student growth and teacher ratings on the SLOs In the first brief, we highlight implications associated with using different SLO delivery models in 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. We ...

WINTER PARK, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Set to take effect this fall, Maryland’s new educator evaluation system specifies that student growth measures will account for 50 percent of a teacher’s or ...

Efforts here in California to structure a workable evaluation system have run into the same sticking points bedeviling states across the country. The design challenge is to ensure both accountability ...

After the student learning objectives are defined, the next step is to make sure students have an opportunity to learn and meet the objectives. After the student learning objectives are developed for ...

States have revamped teacher evaluations over the last 10 years to include teacher performance ratings based on student achievement/growth, presenting a challenge in nontested subjects such as music.

In a recent Century Foundation essay, I raised a concern that accreditors of traditional colleges are allowing low-quality education to go unaddressed while insisting, in a misguided attempt to prove ...

As the primary sponsor for implementing the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) process in the Denver Public Schools (DPS), the department of Accountability, Research and Evaluation (ARE) commissioned ...