Superintendents' Knowledge of Teacher Evaluation Law

Autor/inn/en	O'Connell, Bridget T.; Zirkel, Perry A.
Titel	Superintendents' Knowledge of Teacher Evaluation Law
Quelle	In: AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 5 (2008) 3, S.30-37 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1931-6569
Schlagwörter	Teacher Evaluation; Knowledge Level; School Law; Court Litigation; Superintendents; Summative Evaluation; State Surveys; Minimum Competency Testing; Questionnaires; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; Wissensbasis; Law concerning schools; Schulrecht; Rechtsstreit; Schulrat; Fragebogen
Abstract	The primary purpose of this study was to determine the legal knowledge of Pennsylvania superintendents regarding summative teacher evaluation and to determine whether their knowledge level was adequate. Pennsylvania was selected for this state-wide study of superintendent's legal knowledge of teacher evaluation for two reasons. First, Pennsylvania is one of the leading states in terms of its litigation and has a representative set of legislation and regulations (Zirkel, 1996). Second, Mata (1998) constructed and validated a teacher evaluation instrument specific to Pennsylvania statues and relevant case law. The secondary purpose was to ascertain whether superintendents' knowledge level was significantly different in terms of their years of experience. Based on the findings from this study, superintendents would benefit from ongoing legal training specific to teacher evaluation law. (Contains 1 table.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association of School Administrators. 801 North Quincy Street Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22203-1730. Tel: 703-528-0700; Fax: 703-841-1543; e-mail: info@aasa.org; Web site: http://www.aasa.org/publications/jsp.cfm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10