Linking Teacher Evaluation and Student Learning

In Linking Teacher Evaluation and Student Learning, researchers Pamela D. Tucker and James H. Stronge show that including measures of student achievement in teacher evaluations can help schools focus their efforts to meet higher standards. You'll see how four school systems have built such measures into their evaluation programs in these distinct ways:

* Documenting how desired learning outcomes translated into actual student learning
* Tracking progress on key content standards
* Setting annu...