A Plan to Improve the Quality of Teaching

Autor/inn/en	Haskins, Ron; Loeb, Susanna
Titel	A Plan to Improve the Quality of Teaching
Quelle	In: Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 73 (2007) 1, S.51-56 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-127X
Schlagwörter	Teacher Effectiveness; Academic Achievement; Achievement Gains; Educational Change; Federal Legislation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Schulleistung; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Bildungsreform; Bundesrecht
Abstract	The current rousing national discussion of teacher quality is the most important debate on education in a generation. Research shows that good teachers can boost student achievement. Even more exciting, students who have good teachers for several consecutive years show cumulative gains in achievement. In this article, the authors outline a plan to improve teacher quality. The plan includes rethinking entry requirements for teaching, implementing a strategy to identify effective teachers, promoting only effective teachers, giving bonuses to teachers who teach disadvantaged students or in fields that are difficult to staff, and promoting professional development linked directly to teachers' work. This plan differs from most previous plans in that the authors support neither the complete elimination of teacher certification, nor the implementation of merit pay for teachers based solely on gains in student test scores. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10