Don M. Beach

Using Criteria of Effective Teaching To Judge Teacher Performance

After determining what good teaching is, list the criteria that will be used to judge how teachers perform in their classrooms. This is the thrust of the model described here.

Component in Assessing Teacher Education Programs

Principals bring a valuable perspective to the evaluation of teacher education programs, according to these writers.

The Cooperative Alternative Program High School: A Dropout Prevention Plan:

Scores of American youth are unable to demonstrate basic competence and complete their high school education. Consequently, they often join the ranks of the unemployed, the indigent, or the incarcerated. In addition, these young people not only drain the system, they are unable to contribute to the tax base that supports it. Critics often accuse the public schools of ignoring the crisis, and mandates are handed down that