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Assessing Teacher Quality: Understanding Teacher Effects on Instruction and Achievement

Sat, April 14, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Vancouver Convention Centre, Floor: Second Level, East Room 11

Session Submission Type: Symposium

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Recent educational reforms promote accountability systems which attempt to identify teacher effects on student outcomes, and hold teachers accountable for producing learning gains. But in the complex world of classrooms, it may be difficult to attribute “success” or “failure” to individual teachers. In this session, the participants will discuss and challenge accountability-based models of school improvement. Will simply holding teachers accountable for scores on end-of-the-year exams lead to educational improvement, or are more direct approaches to instructional improvement needed? How can close examinations of instructional processes, school context, and teacher professionalization provide a foundation for improving learning in our nation’s classrooms?

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