Presentations

Using Student Growth to Evaluate Educators of Students With Disabilities: Issues, Challenges, and Next Steps — September, 2012

States are in the process of making policy and practice decisions relative to the use of student growth in performance evaluations. Because of an array of technical issues, states may be tempted...

Special Education Teacher Evaluation in an Era of Accountability: Challenges and Solutions — November, 2012
Explore the impact of preparation programs on educator evaluation and discuss how evaluation can influence preparation programs. 
Toward the Effective Teaching of College- and Career-Ready Standards: Making Professional Learning Systemic — October, 2012

Learn how to leverage Title II, Part A funds to use educator evaluation results to support high quality professional growth plans in this presentation.

Presentation to Learning First Alliance Annual Leadership Council — May, 2011
In her presentation "Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness: Where do we go from here," Dr. Laura Goe provides a comprehensive look at the various measures and models to evaluate teacher effectiveness.
Presentation to Central SIG Conference — May, 2011
This presentation by Dr. Laura Goe provides guidance on how to construct teacher evaluations as an additional tool for professional development to improve teaching and learning and includes a special...
Presentation to California Labor Management Conference — May, 2011
In this presentation, Dr. Laura Goe provides questions to consider about multiple measures and teacher evaluation models and provides examples used by districts and states.
Joint Webinar Presentation with Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center on Measuring Teacher Effectiveness with Student Learning Growth for Nontested Subjects and Grades — May, 2011
This webinar explores the challenges of measuring student learning growth in non-tested subjects and grades and provides factors to consider when developing such measures.
Presentation to Great Teachers for Our City Schools 4th Annual National Summit — April, 2011
A (Very) Brief Overview of Trends in Teacher Evaluations, succinctly describes the developments in teacher evaluations such as multiple measures and models.
Presentation to CCCSO SCEE National Summit on Educator Effectiveness — April, 2011
This presentation supplies questions to consider when asking about student growth measures and provides examples utilized by districts and states.
Presentation (via webinar) to Washington Teacher-Principal Evaluation Project — April, 2011
Providing currently used examples of teacher and leader evaluation systems, Dr. Laura Goe presents the challenges of validity, weights and measures, and considerations in setting cut scores.

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