Student evaluations of teaching are suspect -- but increasing classroom observation of professors as an alternative has its own set of problems, write Jonathan Golding and Philipp Kraemer. The ...

Schools of all kinds use teacher observation as a tool for evaluating and improving teacher performance. The observer may be the school principal, a professional teaching coach or a veteran teacher ...

An in-class observation is an effective way to get objective, formative feedback on your teaching or course. The Center consultant who observes your class will work with you to discover what aspects ...

The Best Foot Forward project at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard has been investigating the use of digital video to make classroom observations more helpful and fair to teachers ...

Among Steinberg and Garrett’s findings: • Math teachers were six times more likely to be among the top performers when assigned students who were the highest achievers the previous year. English ...

Ralph Krauss works in digital innovations at Pinecrest Academy of Nevada, a group of five charter schools in the Las Vegas area, and Academica Virtual Education, a support service for virtual schools.

With a new school year looming—I’ve spent the summer getting fit and hoping my optimism for the job will replenish itself—I can’t shake the memory of an evaluation that made me want to quit. It was ...

Have you ever had the experience of being told by your child, 'Don't come to the class observation,' and wondered whether you ...

Instructional leaders need to know what is happening when the bell rings and the door closes — in every classroom, in every building, every day. And the best way to do that is through careful but ...