The Evolution of the New American Schools

The Evolution of the New American Schools: From Revolution to Mainstream (click here for full article) (Click here to download the PDF of this article) By Jeffery Mirel, Ph.D. School of Education University of Michigan   Briefing What are the “New American Schools?” Unfortunately they are the latest educational reform to be identified as a failure. A variety of factors played a role in their demise, but the most obvious problem was their reliance on the “progressive” vision … Read More

The Value-Added Achievement Gains of NBPTS

The Value-Added Achievement Gains of NBPTS-Certified Teachers in Tennessee: A Brief Report J. E. Stone, Ed.D. College of Education East Tennessee State University   Introduction The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) was established in 1987. Funded principally by the Carnegie Foundation, major teacher unions, and the U. S. Department of Education, its mission is to set advanced proficiency standards for teachers and to certify teachers who meet those standards. Teachers pay $2,300 to be evaluated by … Read More

Value-Added Achievement Gains of NBPTS

Value-Added Achievement Gains of NBPTS-Certified Teachers in Tennessee: A Brief Report (click here for full article) (click here to download a PDF of this article) By J. E. Stone, Ed.D. College of Education East Tennessee State University   Briefing The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) was established in 1987. Funded principally by the Carnegie Foundation, major teacher unions, and the U. S. Department of Education, its mission is to set advanced proficiency standards for teachers and … Read More

Teacher Reform Gone Astray

(click here for full article) (click here to download a PDF of this article) By Chester E. Finn, Jr. In Our Schools and Our Future . . . Are We Still at Risk?, Paul E. Peterson, ed., Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution, 2003.    Briefing In Teacher Reform Gone Astray, Chester E. Finn, Jr. reviews efforts that have been made on improving teacher quality since A Nation at Risk was published in 1983. Finn argues that the teacher education … Read More

Preparing Teachers

Preparing Teachers: Are American Schools of Education Up to the Task? (click here for information on event at which paper was presented) (Click here to download the PDF of this article) By David Steiner Boston University School of Education American Enterprise Institute   Briefing E. D. Hirsch, Chester Finn, the late Al Shanker and other critics have argued that faulty teacher training is a key contributor to school ineffectiveness. They say that the schools of education embrace “constructivism”—an … Read More

Engaging Schools: Fostering High School Students’ Motivation to Learn

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(click here for full article) (Click here to download the PDF of this article) By Committee on Increasing High School Students’ Engagement and Motivation to Learn Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2003   Briefing On the surface, the recommendations made by the National Research Council in its December 2003 report, Engaging Schools, seem reasonable enough. The report deals with student motivation and ways that high schools can foster it. One cannot argue with its goals: to create … Read More

Reform of and by the System

Reform of and by the System: A Case Study of a State’s Effort at Curricular and Systemic Reform (click here for full article) (click here to download a PDF of this article) by Phillip A. Cusick, Michigan State University and Jennifer Borman, Brown University   Briefing It has oft been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and such is surely the case with much education reform legislation. Dissatisfied with the quality of student … Read More

The Real Value of Teachers

The Real Value of Teachers: Using New Information about Teacher Effectiveness to Close the Achievement Gap” (click here for full article) (click here to download a PDF of this article) By Kevin Carey Thinking K-16, Vol. 8, Issue 1, Winter 2004.   Briefing If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Tennessee’s Value Added Assessment System (TVAAS) has been widely hailed as the nation’s best. It should be maintained if not expanded. Created in the early 1990s, the TVAAS … Read More

How to Build a Better Teacher

To Build a Better Teacher: The Emergence of a Competitive Education Industry (click here for full article) (click here to download a PDF of this article) By Robert Gray Holland Senior Fellow, Lexington Institute Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2003   Briefing Most education professors have a vision of education that differs radically from that of the primary consumers of public education. While clear majorities of parents, teachers, and civic leaders want K-12 schools to ensure basic skills — … Read More

References

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References   From Table 1, page 29 of Can Teacher Quality Be Effectively Assessed? By Dan Goldhaber & Emily Anthony Bond, L., Smith, T., Baker, W. K., and Hattie, J. A. (2000). The certification system of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: A construct and consequential validity study. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. Cohen, J. (1969). Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences. New York: Academic Press. Cohen, J. (1988). … Read More

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