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Assessing the Classroom Performance of Beginning Teachers: Educators' Appraisal of Proposed Evaluation Criteria

Author(s):
Powers, Donald E.
Publication Year:
1992
Report Number:
RR-92-56
Source:
ETS Research Report
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
19
Subject/Key Words:
Praxis Series, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Observation Techniques, Evaluation Criteria, Teacher Evaluation

Abstract

Surveys were conducted of two multi-state samples of educators, who provided ratings of the importance of two preliminary versions of the classroom performance assessment criteria being developed for The Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers. There was considerable agreement about the importance of the criteria across several classifications of educators according to ethnicity, instructional level, years of teaching experience, subject area, and orientation to teaching. (20pp.)

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