Teacher+Effectiveness

Overview:
 * School, Teacher, and Leadership Impacts on Student Achievement: McRel, November 2003**

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Numerous studies reveal the tremendous impact schools and teachers can have on student achievement. For example, a study conducted by Sanders and Horn (1994, reviewed in Marzano, 2003) reveals a 39 percentage-point difference in student achievement between students with "most effective" and "least effective" teachers. In classrooms headed by teachers characterized as "most effective," students posted achievement gains of 53 percentage points over the course of one academic year, whereas in classrooms led by "least effective" teachers, student achievement gains averaged 14 percentage points (Marzano, 2003). This article emphasizes the need for properly prepared teachers and strong leadership which can be the most influential factor in student achievement. [|School, Teacher, and Leadership Impacts on Student Achievement]=====

Overview: Strategy #1: Ensure a diverse and high-quality approach to teacher preparation that involves solid K-12/postsecondary partnerships, strong field experience and good support for new teachers.
 * In Pursuit of Teacher Quality: Five Key Strategies for Policy Makers Education Commission of the States**

Strategy #2: Ensure that teacher recruitment and retention policies target the areas of greatest need and the teachers most likely to staff them successfully in the long term.

Strategy #3. Ensure that all teachers are able to participate in high-quality professional development so they can improve their practice and enhance student learning.

Strategy #4: Redesign teacher accountability systems to ensure that all teachers possess the skills and knowledge they need to improve student learning.

Strategy #5: Develop and support strong school and district leadership statewide focused on enhancing the quality of student learning and teacher instruction. Read full article

Summarizes trends in the research about the characteristics of those individuals who enter, leave and remain in teaching. The makeup of the teacher workforce in the United States continues to be predominately white and female. As the research shows, this is an historical trend that, on the surface, has not changed significantly in over 30 years. Article addresses these questions. [|8 Questions on Teacher Recruitment]
 * Eight Questions on Teacher Recruitment and Retention: What does the research say? ECS 2005**