Includes bibliographical references and index.

Standards in teacher evaluation. New standards for a new era : developing tools to assess the qualified teacher / Mary Lou McCloskey, Barbara Thornton, and Nadia Touba ; Seeking the standard : using existing resources to support EFL teachers in evaluation processes / Jill Burton -- Case studies in evaluating teacher effectiveness. A multidisciplinary approach to assessment in teacher education / Dorit Kaufman ; TAPping into teaching effectiveness : a collaborative approach to performance appraisal of ESL teachers in a Canadian context / Andy Curtis and Liying Cheng ; What's in it for me? : a performance management system to please everyone / Lindsay Miller and Jean Young ; A coherent approach to faculty appraisal / Phil Quirke ; Building a context-specific teacher evaluation system for an ESL program / Stephen Stoynoff ; A China initiative : portfolio-based teacher development and appraisal / Tim Murphey and Qiu Yaode -- Research in teacher evaluation. Insights for teacher evaluation from an action research study / Lyn Bray ; An evaluation of student ratings of teaching in a Japanese university context / Peter Burden and Salah Troudi ; An exploration of teaching effectiveness : an attempt to define the less easily definable / Deniz Kurtoğlu Eken ; Faculty attitudes toward three methods of evaluating teacher effectiveness / Peter Davidson -- Tools for evaluating teacher effectiveness. Giving reflection a voice : a strategy for self-evaluation and assessment in TESOL teacher preparation / Caroline Brandt ; Diversity-responsive assessment tool : assessing and mentoring effective teaching in multilingual, multicultural classrooms / Sheryl V. Taylor and Donna Sobel ; Teacher voice in teacher evaluation : teaching portfolios in the United Arab Emirates / Fatma Alwan.

The book is organized into four parts. Part 1 provides an introduction and background information to the establishment of standards for teacher assessment. Part 2 presents case studies of successful teacher evaluation programs in five different countries. In Part 3, four studies that investigate various aspects of teacher evaluation are presented. Finally, Part 4 explores tools that facilitate teacher evaluation. --From publisher's description.

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