Skip to main content
  • About Us
  • Careers
  • Contact

Search form

American Institutes for Research

  • Our Work
    • Education
    • Health
    • International
    • Workforce
    • ALL TOPICS >
  • Our Services
    • Research and Evaluation
    • Technical Assistance
  • Our Experts
  • News & Events

You are here

  • Home
19 May 2012
Brief

Linking Teacher Evaluation to Professional Development: Focusing on Improving Teaching and Learning

The recent increased attention to teacher evaluation has raised questions about the relationship between evaluation and student outcomes.This research and policy brief lays out an informal framework for using evaluation results to target professional growth opportunities for teachers within an aligned system of evaluation, leading to higher levels of teacher practice and student learning. It discusses the six components that are essential to include in a teacher evaluation system that can be effectively used for professional development. State policy leaders charged with the design and/or approval of teacher evaluation systems and districts that will be implementing teacher evaluation systems should find the discussion useful.

Linking Teacher Evaluation to Professional Development: Focusing on Improving Teaching and Learning (PDF)

Related Work

8 Apr 2014
Report

The Mind Shift in Teacher Evaluation: Where We Stand—and Where We Need to Go

State teacher evaluation policies have undergone sweeping changes since 2008, spurred forward heavily by federal competitive funding opportunities like Race to the Top and Investing in Innovation.

Topic: 
Education, Teacher Preparation and Performance
19 Oct 2013
Brief

Creating Coherence: Connecting Teacher Evaluation and Support Systems to the Common Core

This Special Issues Brief, and related materials, from the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders aims to help state and regional staff engage districts to create coherence between the Common Core State Standards, teacher evaluation, and professional learning. The process of making meaning builds an understanding of the reforms and increases district capacity to support high-quality implementation.
Topic: 
Education, Teacher Preparation and Performance

Further Reading

  • Aligning Evaluation: How Much Do Teacher Evaluation Rubrics Emphasize Common Core Instruction?
  • What We Think Matters Most in Evaluating Teachers May Not Be So Important: Surprising Lessons from Redesigning an Educator Evaluation System
  • Measuring Teachers' Contributions to Student Learning Growth for Nontested Grades and Subjects
  • Creating Coherence: Connecting Teacher Evaluation and Support Systems to the Common Core
  • Client Services: Teacher Evaluation
Share

Contact

photo of Matt Clifford

Matthew A. Clifford

Principal Researcher

Topic

Education
Teacher Preparation and Performance

Related Center

Center on Great Teachers and Leaders

RESEARCH. EVALUATION. APPLICATION. IMPACT.

About Us

About AIR
Board of Directors
Leadership
Experts
Clients
Contracting with AIR
Contact Us

Our Work

Education
Health
International
Workforce

Client Services

Research and Evaluation
Technical Assistance

News & Events

Careers at AIR


Search form


 

Connecting

FacebookTwitterLinkedinYouTubeInstagram

American Institutes for Research

1400 Crystal Drive, 10th Floor
Arlington, VA 22202-3289
Call: (202) 403-5000
Fax: (202) 403-5000

Copyright © 2020 American Institutes for Research®.  All rights reserved.

  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap