Webcast: Paying for Teachers’ Performance—Strategies and Conditions for Success
On Thursday, May 10, 2007, the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality hosted a live, interactive webcast, "Paying for Teachers' Performance—Strategies and Conditions for Success."
A recording of the live webcast is available for viewing.
You also can view the slide presentations used by the presenters during the webcast.
A downloadable MP3 version is also available.
Topic Overview
This webcast examined the policy, research, and practice of performance-based compensation, specifically focusing on valid, reliable, and ethical ways to evaluate teachers' instructional performance. Experts discussed the promise and pitfalls of value-added and other statistical measures of student achievement growth as well as teaching portfolios and professional administrator evaluations.
Featured Experts
Chas Anderson, Minnesota Department of Education
Renee Moore Mississippi Delta Community College
Dan Goldhaber, Ph.D., University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Affairs
Moderator
Tricia Coulter, Ph.D., Education Commission of the States
