Feasibility of Using the Rapid Assessment of Teacher Effectiveness With Teacher Candidates

• In Event: The Impact of High-Stakes Evaluation Systems for Teachers and Student Teachers on the Student Teaching Experience

Abstract

With heightened accountability in teacher education, it is increasingly important to develop or adopt a teacher candidate assessment system that is comprised of multiple measures of effectiveness. The Rapid Assessment of Teacher Effectiveness (RATE) has been validated in use with practicing teachers. RATE is a process for evaluating teachers through the observation of classroom lesson videos with items that focus on aspects of teaching that have been proven to be highly predictive of student performance gains on measures of learning. This paper will share results from a proof of concept study focused on norming the RATE instrument with 212 teacher candidate videos. Presenters will also discuss the feasibility of using the RATE instrument for teacher candidates’ recorded and live observations.

Authors

• Ann A. Bullock, East Carolina University

• Kristen Cuthrell, East Carolina University

• Elizabeth A Fogarty, East Carolina University

• Joy Stapleton, East Carolina University