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Lifelong Learning Project - School Inclusion - Preventing Early School Leaving

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TITLE OF THE PUBLICATION:

Evaluate the evaluation of teachers

SURNAME AND NAME OF AUTHOR(S):

Norberto Bottani

PUBLISHER:

Phi Delta Kappan

PLACE AND DATE OF PUBLICATION:

USA, March 2012

TYPE OF PUBLICATION:

article on website

LANGUAGE/S OF PUBLICATION:

ITALIAN/ENGLISH

LANGUAGE OF REVIEW:

English

DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS:

The article of Bottani, publishing large pieces, comment another collective article(written by the most famous American specialists in the field) appeared in the March 2012 of the U.S. magazine "Phi Delta Kappan", the assumption is that the models of the value added (VAM) for evaluating teachers are inadequate. Experts maintain that the model that uses the students score on tests carried out at the beginning and end of the year to evaluate the effectiveness of teachers provides an assessment gullible and not very reliable. The article looks at the many parameters that determine the progress in that investigation VAM neglect. It also shows the extreme variability of results among teachers and classes, variability related to the composition of the materials, concluding that teachers of classes with disabled pupils or foreigners or by a large presence of excellence are unlikely to produce added value. The article suggests alternative approaches to assessment, based on professional knowledge related to efficacy standards developed and practiced in some U.S. states, standards that lingers, very useful to detect even professional skills for the prevention of early school leaving.

COMMENTS ON THIS PUBLICATION:

The article, relating to the prevention of early school leaving, is interesting especially in the precise identification of the conditions of variability in which the Group exercises the process of teaching / learning and the identification of standards of effectiveness. The latter, in particular, are appropriately reported in the section "Alternative approaches to assess the effectiveness of teachers", which lists the characteristics of effective teaching, which are based on evidence gathered from scientific research on teaching

NAME OF COMPILER:

Mauro di Grazia

NAME OF INSTITUTION:

CIPAT

ROLE:

project coordinator



Zone d'identification

4 mars 2013

Lancement du Module 5 “Soutien externe et coopération”

Au cours du mois de mars 2013, les partenaires forment les enseignants impliqués dans le projet au Module 5 "Soutien externe et coopération". Le module examine les ressources et soutiens externes pour les enseignants et élèves pour les aider à prévenir le décrochage scolaire.

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