Education Week is currently offering four free “Spotlight” collections for download. Spotlights are a collection of past articles from the publication focused on a particular topic. The four being offered gratis include collections on professional development, teacher evaluation, implementing common standards, and data-driven decision-making. Here are the highlights from each:
Spotlight on Reinventing Professional Development (8 articles)
–professional learning communities (PLCs)
–effective teacher teams
–ways to improve professional development
–building teacher leadership
–creating a culture of teacher learning
–web-based professional development
–research on staff training
–using social networks for staff development
Spotlight on Teacher Evaluation (9 articles)
–examining value-added measurements of teacher effectiveness
–assessing teachers with peer review processes
–evaluating teacher-candidates with pre-licensing exams
–using student feedback to assess teaching
Spotlight on Implementing the Common Standards (10 articles)
–developing shared curriculum guidelines
–crafting common assessment systems
–designing accommodations in common standards tests for students with disabilities
–training teachers on the common standards
–preparing technology systems for common standards implementation
Spotlight on Data-Driven Decision Making (9 articles)
–mining data to improve student learning
–leveraging schools’ investment in data systems
–using data to predict which students are likely to dropout
–managing student privacy
–securing school data systems from crashes and failures
–implementing student-data technology
To learn more and download the featured Spotlights, please visit http://www.edweek.org/ew/marketplace/products/edweek_spotlights.html
