Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • About the authors
  • 1. Inproving schools through teacher evaluation. James H. Stronge
  • Part I: Designing a teacher evaluation system
  • 2. Building the foundation: teacher roles and responsibilities. Patricia H. Wheeler and Michael Scriven
  • 3. Legal considerations in designing teacher evaluation systems. Pamela D. Tucker and Kay P. Kindred
  • 4. Applying the personnel evaluation standards to teacher evaluation. James R. Sanders
  • Part II: Assessing teacher performance
  • 5. Classroom-based assessments of teaching and learning. Chad D. Ellett
  • 6. Client surveys in teacher evaluation. James H. Stronge and Laura P. Ostrander
  • 7. Indicators of student learning in teacher evaluation. Andrew A. McConney, Mark D. Schalock, and H. Del Schalock
  • 8. Portfolios in teacher evaluation. Kenneth Wolf, Gary Lichtenstein, and Cynthia Stevenson
  • 9. Teacher self-evaluation. Peter W. Airasian and Arlen Gullickson
  • Part III: Implementing the teacher evaluation system
  • 10. Conducting a successful evaluation conference. Virginia M. Helm
  • 11. Dealing positively with the nonproductive teacher. Mary Jo McGrath
  • 12. Linking teacher evaluation and professional development. Joyce Annunziata
  • Author index
  • Subject index