Teacher evaluation : a comprehensive guide to new directions and practices

"Teacher evaluation is a necessary step in ensuring good schooling. Ironically, poor evaluation is commonly accepted. And in too many cases - according to teachers, administrators, and researchers - teacher evaluation is disparaged or even ignored altogether. Kenneth Peterson contends that current evaluation is something done to teachers, rather than the cooperative effort of a group of professionals - which is why practice rarely improves as a result of evaluation. Teacher Evaluation challenges existing methods of evaluation and offers fresh ideas and techniques that can turn any school's evaluation practice into a highly productive process for all involved."
"Teacher evaluation is a necessary step in ensuring good schooling. Ironically, poor evaluation is commonly accepted. And in too many cases - according to teachers, administrators, and researchers - teacher evaluation is disparaged or even ignored altogether. Kenneth Peterson contends that current evaluation is something done to teachers, rather than the cooperative effort of a group of professionals - which is why practice rarely improves as a result of evaluation. Teacher Evaluation challenges existing methods of evaluation and offers fresh ideas and techniques that can turn any school's evaluation practice into a highly productive process for all involved."@en