With the Obama administration’s signature education initiative, Race to the Top, officially concluded, states and districts should resist the temptation to try new reforms and should focus on improving implementation of the initiatives adopted to increase student success and close...
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Race to the Top directed billions of dollars to states in order to put in place college and career ready standards, educator evaluations, data systems and school turnaround strategies. Yet after five years, the work of implementing and sustaining these...
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In some Race to the Top states, too often educators viewed new educator evaluation systems as burdensome mandates whose main purpose was to fire underperformers – and many evaluators lacked the capacity to differentiate ratings and connect evaluation to teacher support.
Measuring what students know and can do is an essential part of teaching, and like many teaching practices, designing assessments is sophisticated work. In this toolkit, produced under contract as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Reform Support Network...
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Classroom observations give teachers the opportunity to receive meaningful and direct feedback about their practice. But many observers still struggle to give teachers the kind of feedback that would help them improve instruction. In this publication we summarize research, lessons...
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In April 2015 we worked with the Reform Support Network to bring together leaders from Delaware, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee to discuss strategies for advancing new educator compensation systems. The meeting highlighted the work of Tennessee and featured presentations...
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In 2015 the U.S. Department of Education announced that all 50 states would be required to develop equity plans to ensure that all students have access to excellent educators. As part of this effort we brought together state and district...
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In 2015 the U.S. Department of Education announced that all 50 states would bel required to develop equity plans to ensure that all students have access to excellent educators. As part of this effort we brought together state and district...
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In 2015 the U.S. Department of Education announced that it would require all 50 states to develop equity plans to ensure that all students have access to excellent educators. In this publication we use draft equity plans developed by three...
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We created this rubric to help State education leaders reflect on their current communications and engagement efforts and take tangible steps forward to improve their work. The rubric helps leaders confirm areas of strength and identify areas of need while...
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