Measures of Effective Teaching: 3b - Base Data: Item-Level Supplemental Test Files, 2009-2011

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Measures of Effective Teaching: 3b - Base Data: Item-Level Supplemental Test Files, 2009-2011

Creator

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Author

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Subject

• student attitudes
• student behavior
• students
• survey
• teacher attitudes
• teacher education
• curriculum
• teacher student relationship
• teachers
• teaching conditions
• teaching methods
• teacher evaluation
• education
• educational testing
• observ

Genre

• survey
• observ

Summary

The MET project is based on two premises: First, a teacher's evaluation should depend to a significant extent on his/her students' achievement gains; second, any additional components of the evaluation (e.g., classroom observations) should be valid predictors of student achievement gain. Student achievement was measured in two ways -- through existing state assessments, designed to assess student progress on the state curriculum for accountability purposes, and supplemental assessments, designed to assess higher-order conceptual understanding. The supplemental assessments used were: <list type="bulleted"><itm>Stanford 9 (SAT 9) Open-Ended Reading Assessment in grades 4 through 8</itm> <itm>Balanced Assessment in Mathematics (BAM) in grades 4 through 8</itm> <itm>ACT QualityCore series for Algebra I, English 9, and Biology (ACT)</itm></list> Close to 3,000 teacher volunteers from across the following 6, predominantly urban, school districts participated in the MET project: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Dallas Independent School District, Denver Public Schools, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Memphis City Schools, and the New York City Department of Education. Participants teach math and English language arts (ELA) in grades 4-8, Algebra I, grade 9 English, and high school biology. The Item-Level Supplemental Test Files release consists of data files for the three supplemental assessments (SAT 9, BAM, and ACT)