Improving Teacher Quality

Using the Teacher Work Sample to Make Evidence-Based Decisions

By: John Henning, Frank Kohler, Victoria Robinson, Barry Wilson

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Paperback | 16 January 2010

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The teacher work sample (TWS) has become increasingly widely adopted as an end-of-program, performance-based assessment for student teachers. Improving Teacher Quality offers a comprehensive introduction to teacher work sample methodology for teacher educators, student teachers, student teacher supervisors, cooperating teachers, program coordinators, and school administrators. This well-organized and clearly written guide shows how implementation of the TWS can catalyze a series of widespread changes in assessment, teaching, and program improvement.
The authors use their extensive experience to describe how to implement the TWS in a carefully sequenced progression that includes creating a valid and reliable system of scoring, teaching reflective thinking skills, making program improvements, and conducting research with TWS data. Helpful suggestions are provided throughout for those interested in adopting the TWS as a performance-based assessment in their teacher education program, those interested in how the TWS can provide evidence of minimal competency, and those interested in how the TWS can provide data for making program improvements.

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This book is making an invaluable contribution as we revise the assessment being used in our teacher education program. It provides us with valuable guidance, helpful models, and timely suggestions at a critical time in the evolution of our program. -- Rori Carson, assistant dean, Western Illinois University
Improving Teacher Quality is invaluable! Just as the teacher work sample methodology fills a unique need for programs, this rich resource provides singular insight advice for new adopters and for program faculty currently engaged in its use. -- Karen Smith, dean, Sam Houston State University

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