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Topics on the Page

 * **Research on Teacher Evaluation**
 * **Research on Student Feedback**
 * **Measures of Effective Teaching Project**
 * **Implementing Student Feedback in the Classroom**
 * **National Policies and Practices**

Research on Teacher Evaluation
Are States Changing Course on Teacher Evaluation? Education Week (November 17, 2017)

Teacher Evaluation: An Issue Overview. Education Week (November 3, 2015)

Everyone Complains about Evaluations. A Noble Laureate Offers an Alternative Chronicle of Higher Education (June 15, 2015)

School Evaluation, Teacher Appraisal and Feedback and Impact on Schools and Teachers – Feedback has a strong positive influence on teachers and their work. – Feedback increases job satisfaction. – Feedback significantly increases teacher development. – The more detailed the feedback, the better improvement. – Many countries have a lacking feedback system, if it exists in the first place. Student and Faculty Perceptions of Effects of Midcourse Evaluation (2011)
 * Faculty who read their midcourse feedback, discussed it with their students, and made pedagogical changes saw the most improvement in their ratings.

**Research on Student Feedback**
Study Highlights Value of Acknowledging Adolescents' Perspectives
 * Parental Autonomy Support in Two Cultures: The Moderating Effects of Adolescents' Self-Construals. Child Development (October 2017)
 * “A parenting approach that allows teens to feel they are being heard has been linked to youths being happier, more self-motivated, and more confident,

Using Student Surveys as a Measure of Teacher Effectiveness, American Institutes for Research (June 2016)

[|Learning from our Students: Surveys Offer Performance Feedback to Teachers.] Harvard Education Letter, May/June, 2015


 * [|The Listening Teacher: Getting Feedback From Your Students]. //TeachThought// (January 2, 2014)**
 * Ask students to focus on their work and accomplishment: //How well did you shape a question that kept your interest? //
 * Ask for specific responses: //When you read, what strategies did you use to remember the main point (and it’s not okay to say none)? //

[|Grading Teachers, with Data from Class], New York Times, September 3, 2014

[|Ask the Students]. Thomas J. Kane, Brookings Brief, April 10, 2013

[|Share "Feedforward," Not Feedback], Edutopia, June 2015

[|Using Teacher Evaluation Reform and Professional Development to Support Common Core Assessments], Center for American Progress, February, 2013

Should Student Surveys Inform Teacher Evaluations" Educators Call It Bad Choice, WAMU News (March 23, 2016)

**Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project**
[|(MET) Measures of Effective Teaching Project] [|Learning about Teaching: Initial Findings from the Measures of Effective Teaching Project]

[|Student Perception Surveys and Teacher Assessments], Hanover Research, February 2013

**Implementing Student Feedback in the Classroom**
[|Measures of Effective Teaching: Student Feedback] from Teaching Channel

[|3 Ways of Getting Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching]. Vicki Davis. //Edutopia// (July 21, 2015).

5 Reasons You Should Seek Your OWN Student Feedback, Jennifer Gonzalez (October 23, 2014)

Using Student Voice to Improve Teaching and Learning
 * Download a Student Feedback Survey from Trinidad Garza Early College High School in Dallas, Texas

[|How to Collect High Quality Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching]from Survey Monkey Blog

[|Expanding Democracy in Classrooms]. Irene S. LaRoche Dissertation (2015)

National Policies and Practices
State Policy on Use of Surveys in Teacher Evaluation (see page 90) in State of the States: Evaluating Teaching, Leading and Learning, National Council on Teacher Quality (November 2015)
 * 2015 State Teacher Policy Yearbook: National Summary, National Council on Teacher Quality (see Figure 50, page 81)
 * 33 states permit student surveys
 * Student surveys are required in Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Utah.
 * 21 states permit parent surveys
 * 8 states permit peer surveys
 * 1 state prohibits surveys
 * 15 states have no policy
 * Massachusetts requires all new teacher candidates collect feedback surveys from students
 * Link to Massachusetts feedback surveys

Companies Honing Tools to Survey Students about Teachers, Education Week, August 28, 2014

Trends in Teacher Evaluation: How States Are Measuring Teacher Performance, Center for Responsive Education (October 2013)


 * Student Survey Vendors**
 * **Panorama Education**
 * **Panorama Free Student Survey Tool**
 * **An In-Depth Look at Student Perception Surveys**
 * **Tripod Education Partners**
 * **My Student Survey LLC**
 * **Corwin Press**

[|My Student Survey] is an instrument developed by a group of educational consultants to collect student feedback about teacher practice.



Massachusetts Policies and Practices
[|ESE Model Feedback Instruments and Administration Protocols], Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

[|Student Feedback Survey]. Learn North Carolina

[|Student & Staff Feedback resources]including video discussions about the value and processes of feedback


 * Connecticut Policies and Practices**

Student Feedback Survey Materials


 * Georgia Policies and Practices**

Administering Surveys of Instructional Practice, Georgia Department of Education


 * Hawaii Policies and Practices**

Tripod Student Survey FAQs


 * Kentucky Policies and Practices**

PGES Student Voice Survey


 * Arizona Policies and Practices**

Student Survey Questions (for Grades 3-5; 6-12)


 * Ohio Policies and Practices**

Student Survey Instrument for Teacher Evaluation Service Provider Publicly Available Service Summary (from My Student Survey company)

Alternative Components of Teacher Evaluation, Ohio Department of Education.
 * Includes information about teacher self-evaluation, peer evaluation, student portfolios and student surveys


 * Arkansas Policies and Practices **

Student Survey of Teacher, Grades 6-12, Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, Palmer, Arkansas


 * Colorado Policies and Practices **

Colorado's Student Perception Survey (Grades 3-5 and 6-12)

Sample Student Survey Questions
 * Missouri Policies and Practices**

Strategies for Developing Student Surveys
Creating Open-Ended Questions for Student Feedback on Course Surveys, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada