Regional Leaders Meet on Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness

On June 25, National experts Laura Goe and Charlotte Danielson addressed more than one hundred educators from the six New England states on models for evaluating teacher effectiveness. In-state and cross-state work groups debated the issues and devised next steps toward evaluation systems. Part of a series of events supporting the New England Collaborative on Educator Quality and Effectiveness, the meeting was convened by the Regional Education Laboratory Northeast and Islands (REL-NEI), the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, and the New England Comprehensive Center (NECC). more >

New Handbook Offers Guide to SIG Strategies

Aimed at facilitating rapid improvement of persistently low-achieving schools through the intervention models and strategies outlined in the 2009 federal School Improvement Grant (SIG), the Handbook on Effective Implementation of School Improvement Grants [K-12] provides explanations of the required and recommended models and strategies, references to the research, and connections to useful resources. more >

 

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