Improving the design of teacher evaluation systems (Michael Hansen, Brookings)

Weeks ago, researchers Matthew Kraft and Allison Gilmour released a new study demonstrating the “Widget Effect” is alive and well in our schools. Their study is a re-examination of TNTP’s influential 2009 study that coined the phrase, referring to the tendency to treat teachers as interchangeable widgets when they are known not to be.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brown-center-chalkboard/posts/2016/03/17-improve-design-teacher-evaluation-hansen