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Validation Engine for Observational Protocols
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation introduced the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project to develop and test multiple measures of teacher effectiveness. This document explores the overarching purpose and functionality of a validation engine, which was designed to help districts determine if their observation protocols routinely assign the highest ratings to teachers whose students grew the most, in terms of academic performance, and the lowest ratings to teachers whose students grew the least.
For this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month, we highlight the phenomenal work led by national organizations serving Hispanic and Latino Americans year-round by driving prosperity, power, and progress across the nation.
Getting improvement efforts right takes time and collaboration. Or at least, that is what we are learning from partners and leaders in our Networks for School Improvement (NSI).
How school districts and researchers can effectively collaborate.
Sep 22, 2023
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