Issue Brief 10 | Measuring Teacher Effectiveness: Credentials Unrelated to Student Achievement - 0 views
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A wide body of research shows that teachers are the most important school-based factor related to student achievement.
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Yet according to a new analysis of student performance in Florida that two colleagues and I conducted, little to no relationship exists between these credentials and the gains that a teacher’s students make on standardized math and reading exams.
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external teacher credentials tell us next to nothing about how well a teacher will perform in the classroom
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I have an issue with the fact that, according to these researchers, standardized test scores seemed to be the only true measure of student success and teacher effectiveness. While I agree that there is no necessary connection between student success and certification or degree by the teacher, we need to look at a better outcome measure than standardized tests.