scherrer, robert j
(2009)
EVALUATING PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: HOW AND WHY HAS IT CHANGED SINCE NCLB?
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not Western Pennsylvania public school districts have changed their teacher evaluation forms since the inception of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Thirty-eight superintendents from the Tri-State Area School Study Council and the Forum for Western Pennsylvania School Superintendents completed a survey that provided information regarding the teacher evaluation methods used in their school district along with other descriptive data. It was found that 76% of the school districts self-reported that they had changed their teacher evaluation forms since 2001. 71% of the school districts are currently using PDE 426 to evaluate teachers with an Instructional I teaching certificate and 47% of the districts are using PDE 428 to evaluate teachers with an Instructional II teaching certificate. PDE 426 and PDE 428 are teacher evaluation forms that were developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education in 2003 and are designed around the four domains of Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching. Superintendents stated that the main reasons for implementing these new forms is that they are consistent with quality teaching, they provide a better process of evaluating teachers (compared to the previous model) and they increase student achievement. Union issues and the collective bargaining agreement were identified as the main reason for not adopting these new teacher evaluation forms.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
2 September 2009 |
| Date Type: |
Completion |
| Defense Date: |
30 June 2009 |
| Approval Date: |
2 September 2009 |
| Submission Date: |
18 July 2009 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
School of Education > Administrative and Policy Studies |
| Degree: |
EdD - Doctor of Education |
| Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
collective bargaining; Danielson; elementary and secondary education act; formative evaluation; Framework for Teaching; Instructional I teaching certificate; Instructional II teaching certificate; no child left behind; PDE 426; PDE 427; PDE 428; PDE 5502; Pennsylvania; performance domains; summative evaluation; superintendent; Teacher evaluation; teacher evaluation forms; union |
| Other ID: |
http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-07182009-214422/, etd-07182009-214422 |
| Date Deposited: |
10 Nov 2011 19:52 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:46 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8436 |
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