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VUE Number 20, Summer 2008

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CITATIONS
The following sources are cited in the articles in VUE no. 20.

Avoiding a Rush to Judgment: Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Quality
by Thomas Toch and Robert Rothman > Source article

Jacob, B. A., and L. Lefgren. 2005. “Principals as Agents: Subjective Performance Measurement in Education.” Working Paper 11463. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

Kennedy, M. M. 2007. “Recognizing a Good Teacher When You See One.” Unpublished paper. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University (June).

Liu, S., and C. Teddlie. 2005. “A Follow-up Study on Teacher Evaluation in China: Historical Analysis and Latest Trends,” Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education 18, no. 4: 253-272.
> Full study PDF (20 pages)

Medley, D., and H. Coker. 1987. “The Accuracy of Principals’ Judgments of Teacher Performance,” Journal of Educational Research 80, no. 4.

National Council on Teacher Quality. 2007a. State Teacher Policy Yearbook, National Summary, 2007. Washington, DC: NCTQ.
> Available online

National Council on Teacher Quality. 2007b. Teacher Rules, Roles, and Rights. Washington, DC: NCTQ.
> Available online

New Teacher Project. 2007. Hiring, Assignment, and Transfer in Chicago Public Schools. New York: New Teacher Project.

Toch, T., and R. Rothman. 2008. Rush to Judgment: Teacher Evaluation in Public Education Washington, DC: Education Sector.
> Full report PDF (28 pages)


Human Capital Management: A New Approach for Districts
by David Sigler and Marla Ucelli Kashyap > Source article

Education Trust. 2001. Good Teaching Matters: How Well-Qualified Teachers Can Close the Gap. Washington, DC: Education Trust.
> Full report PDF (scroll to title under Teacher Quality)

Kerchner, C. T., J. E. Koppich, and J. G. Weeres. 1997. United Mind Workers: Unions and Teaching in the Knowledge Society. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
> Description, table of contents, ordering

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2001. The Well-Being of Nations: The Role of Human and Social Capital. Paris: OECD.
> Description, ordering

School Communities that Work. 2002. Find, Deploy, Support, and Keep the Best Teachers and School Leaders. Report by the National Task Force on the Future of Urban Districts, Portfolio for District Redesign. Providence: Brown University, Annenberg Institute for School Reform.
> Full report PDF (11 pages)


The Buffalo Science Teachers’ Network: Providing Support, Improving Retention
by Robin Lee Harris > Source article

Buffalo Science Teachers’ Network. For more information about the Buffalo Science Teachers’ Network, visit BSTN’s Web site.
> Wiki, updates, upcoming events

Guarino, C., L. Santibañez, G. Dalety, and D. Brewer. 2004. A Review of the Research Literature on Teacher Recruitment and Retention. Santa Monica, CA: Rand.
> Description, full document PDF

National Research Council. 1996. The National Science Education Standards. Washington; DC: National Academies Press.
> Description, reviews, ordering

Urban Teacher Residencies: A New Way to Recruit, Prepare, Develop, and Retain Effective Teachers in High-Needs Districts
by Barnett Berry, Diana Montgomery, Rachel Curtis, Mindy Hernandez, Judy Wurtzel, and Jon D. Snyder > Source article

Barnett B., D. Montgomery, R. Curtis, M. Hernandez, J. Wurtzel, and J. Snyder. August 2008. Creating and Sustaining Urban Teacher Residencies: A New Way to Recruit, Prepare, and Retain Effective Teachers in High-Needs Districts. Aspen Institute.
> Complete paper PDF (41 pages)

Coalition of Urban Teacher Residencies. n.d. Teaching Is a Calling: Effective Teaching Is a Profession. Brochure. Boston, MA: CUTR.
> Download available here

The Role of Unions in Promoting Teacher Quality
by Richard D. Kahlenberg > Source article

Bradley, A. 1997. “The End of an Era,” Education Week (March 5).

Brimelow, P. 2003. The Worm in the Apple: How Teacher Unions Are Destroying American Education. New York: HarperCollins.
> Book content online

Dole, R. 1996. Acceptance Speech. Republican National Convention (August 15).
> Available online

Duffett, A., S. Farkas, A. Rotherham, and E. Silva. 2008. Waiting to Be Won Over: Teachers Speak on the Professions, Unions, and Reform. Washington DC: Education Sector.
> Report description, PDF

Kahlenberg, R. 2007. Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy. New York: Columbia University Press.
> Description, ordering

Kerchner, C. T., J. E. Koppich, and J. G. Weeres. 1997. United Mind Workers: Unions and Teaching in the Knowledge Society. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
> Description, ordering

Mishel, L., S. Allegretto, and S. Corcoran. 2008. “The Teaching Penalty,” Education Week (April 30).
> Article online

Republican Presidential Debate. 2007. Transcript. New York: New York Times on the Web (December 12).
> Transcript online

Shanker, A. “The Making of a Profession.” Speech to the Representative Assembly of the New York State United Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO, Niagara Falls, NY (April 27).

Stern, S. 2003. Breaking Free: Public School Lessons and the Imperative of School Choice. San Francisco, CA: Encounter Books.
> Introduction, ordering

Stone, J. “Collective Bargaining and Public Schools.” In Conflicting Missions? Teachers Unions and Education Reform, edited by Tom Loveless, pp. 47-68. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
> Description, ordering

Toch, T. 1996. “Why Teachers Don't Teach,” U.S. News & World Report (February 26).

Toch, T., and R. Rothman. 2008. Rush to Judgment: Teacher Evaluation in Public Education. Washington, DC: Education Sector.
> Report description, PDF

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. 2003. Digest of Education Statistics, 2003. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, the Institute of Education Sciences, and the National Center for Education Statistics.
> Available online



RELATED AISR RESOURCES
The following resources from the work of the Annenberg Institute are related to themes in VUE no. 20.

Human Capital Management
Find, Deploy, Support and Keep the Best Teachers and School Leaders
> Description, framework PDF [11 pages]

Framework for Human Resources Systems
> Framework PDF [2 pages]

Teaching and Learning Review
> Description
Role of Unions
Collective Bargaining in Public Education: A New Dialogue
> Web site

Collective Bargaining in Public Education: Three Perspectives > Report PDF [60 pages]

“Creating Faculties That Support School Communities,” by Brad Jupp, in Smart Districts, Voices in Urban Education no. 5, Fall 2004.
> Description, excerpt, order form for VUE no. 5
Teacher Evaluation
Looking at Teaching and Learning through Peer Observation
> Description, order form for multimedia package

“Colleagues and ‘Yutzes’: Accountability inside Schools,” by Leslie Santee Sisken, in Rethinking Accountability, Voices in Urban Education no. 1, Spring 2003.
> VUE 1 PDF [67 pages]