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Who Will be a High-Quality Teacher?

July 17, 2007

Issues of teacher quality involve certification, college preparation, hiring practices, professional development, evaluation, and compensation. Douglas Harris and colleagues are examining criteria used to certify teachers and measuring how each one contributes to explaining variation in teachers' impact on student learning. His research also examines principals' ability to select the most effective teachers: How closely do principals' subjective ratings of teachers correspond to value-added measures, and why do they differ? This knowledge is especially important in light of current policy proposals that decentralize school decision-making and give more discretion to principals. More information is available here.