Matthew Steinberg describes how a teacher’s students’ characteristics, namely prior academic achievement, affect the ratings and measurements of teacher performance as discussed in his article “Classroom Composition and Measured Teacher Performance: What Do Teacher Observation Scores Really Measure?” published in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. He contextualizes results in terms of recent teacher evaluation reforms which continue to rely on classroom observations of teacher practice.
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