The International Evaluation of Teachers

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

There is perhaps no topic in educational research in the United States today that is more controversial than the evaluation of teachers. This session will discuss how teachers are evaluated in six countries around the world, so that those in the United States can compare what we are doing with more information about how other countries engage in this important task. The countries represented constitute western and non-western countries, countries that are developed and those developing. It is hoped that there will be time for discussion so that questions can be asked and explicit comparisons made.

Sub Unit

• Division D - Measurement and Research Methodologies / Division D - Measurement and Research Methodology

Cosponsor

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education

Chair

• Kurt F. Geisinger, University of Nebraska

Participants

• Stanley Rabinowitz, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority

• Juliette Lyons-Thomas, Regents Research Fund

• Guili Zhang, East Carolina University

• Zhiyong Zhu, Beijing Normal University

• Thanos Patelis, National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Inc.

• Audra Skukauskaite, University of the Incarnate Word

• Liudmila Rupsiene, Klaipeda University