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"I have not seen anything quite as systematic as this material in guiding the reader through a process for developing a valid and reliable assessment plan. Covers all the areas one would want in designing a system for accreditation or for other purposes."—Martha Gage, Director, Teacher Education & LicensureKansas State Department of Education "Realistically reveals the extent of the task of teacher certification and provides us with a structured learning experience that should improve our abilities with this task."—Pearl Solomon, Associate ProfessorSt. Thomas Aquinas CollegeA complete, step-by-step guide to teacher assessments that meet national accreditation and accountability standards.Written in a reader-friendly style for busy faculty members and school administrators with little or no prior knowledge of statistics, this comprehensive model is designed to create fair, valid, and reliable assessments of teacher knowledge and skills. Evaluation experts Judy Wilkerson and Steve Lang provide detailed guidance for the complete five-step assessment process, making this an ideal resource both for preservice and inservice settings, including accreditation reviews and teacher induction programs. Offering worksheets and activities to illustrate every step of the process, this all-inclusive handbook covers:Definitions, contextual factors, and samplingAligning performance tasks with standards defined by NCLB, NCATE, INTASC, and other groupsDesigning and implementing data tracking and management systems Ensuring psychometric integrityValid and reliable decisions about teacher competency are based on fair, valid, and reliable assessment systems. Assessing Teacher Competency is the book all teacher educators, supervisors, and mentors have been waiting for.

"I have not seen anything quite as systematic as this material in guiding the reader through a process for developing a valid and reliable assessment plan. Covers all the areas one would want in designing a system for accreditation or for other purposes."—Martha Gage, Director, Teacher Education & LicensureKansas State Department of Education "Realistically reveals the extent of the task of teacher certification and provides us with a structured learning experience that should improve our abilities with this task."—Pearl Solomon, Associate ProfessorSt. Thomas Aquinas CollegeA complete, step-by-step guide to teacher assessments that meet national accreditation and accountability standards.Written in a reader-friendly style for busy faculty members and school administrators with little or no prior knowledge of statistics, this comprehensive model is designed to create fair, valid, and reliable assessments of teacher knowledge and skills. Evaluation experts Judy Wilkerson and Steve Lang provide detailed guidance for the complete five-step assessment process, making this an ideal resource both for preservice and inservice settings, including accreditation reviews and teacher induction programs. Offering worksheets and activities to illustrate every step of the process, this all-inclusive handbook covers:Definitions, contextual factors, and samplingAligning performance tasks with standards defined by NCLB, NCATE, INTASC, and other groupsDesigning and implementing data tracking and management systems Ensuring psychometric integrityValid and reliable decisions about teacher competency are based on fair, valid, and reliable assessment systems. Assessing Teacher Competency is the book all teacher educators, supervisors, and mentors have been waiting for.

"There is a vitally important link between teacher preparation and the performance of those teachers and their students. Assessing Teacher Competency and Assessing Teacher Dispositions provide a strong underpinning to improve teacher competencies in both the cognitive and affective domains in ways that we can hope will endure post-licensure."—From the Foreword by Richard C. Kunkel"Well researched and standards based, with activities, worksheets, definitions, and rubrics. Addresses a topic that has been a mystery to assessment gurus."—Marilyn K. Troupe, DirectorDivision of Educator Preparation, Kentucky Education Professional Standards BoardAt last, a step-by-step guide for assessing teacher dispositions that addresses national accreditation standards.While school leaders have long sought a definitive tool for assessing teacher affect and dispositions, a practical method for measurement has proven elusive—until now.Assessing Teacher Dispositions presents a conceptual framework that helps educators understand what "appropriate dispositions" are, why it is important to measure them, and how to implement an assessment process in their schools and districts. This indispensable companion to Assessing Teacher Competency introduces the authors′ research-based five-step DAATS model, combining user-friendly definitions and guiding questions with an examination of assessment design, planning, instrument development, decision making, and data management. Linked to national standards for best practice set by NCATE, INTASC, and NBPTS, the DAATS approach offers:A step-by-step implementation sequence with worksheets and training activitiesExamples from preservice and inservice settingsA comprehensive assessment system when used with the CAATS model for assessing teacher competency (knowledge and skills)This groundbreaking text offers a field-tested, valid, and reliable process for dispositions assessment that is ideal for schools of education, teacher induction programs, and preservice and inservice training.