While teacher evaluations remain a controversial topic in education reform, the Achievement First charter school in Bridgeport, Conn. uses a model of consistent evaluation, feedback and other ...

The idea of tracking teacher accountability started with the best of intentions and a well-accepted understanding about the critical role teachers play in promoting student learning. The focus on ...

Miami University stresses the importance of high-quality teaching and its impact on student learning and recognizes that there are differing professional views on the nature and utility of evaluation ...

As the population of English learners continues to grow nationwide, states and school districts need effective ways to determine whether programming for these students is meeting their social and ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's Evaluation Center has received a five-year, $4.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to extend and expand its work to support evaluation ...

In today’s evidence-driven world, there is increasing demand for researchers with the skills to design, conduct, and evaluate studies that help institutions and schools improve their decision-making ...

The negative impact of vouchers on student achievement is equivalent to missing out on more than one-third of a year of classroom learning. How bad are school vouchers for students? Far worse than ...

Focus groups are a fast and effective way to elicit information and perspectives from a variety of key informants simultaneously. In public health, it is often a standard research methodology that is ...

One of the essential functions of public health is evaluating the effectiveness and quality of population-based health services. To do this, health professionals and lawmakers must understand the true ...