Accountability, Student Learning, and the Preparation and Licensure of Teachers: Oregon's Teacher Work Sample Methodology.

Autor/in	Schalock, Mark D.
Titel	Accountability, Student Learning, and the Preparation and Licensure of Teachers: Oregon's Teacher Work Sample Methodology.
Quelle	In: Journal of personnel evaluation in education, (1998) 3, S.269-285 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0920-525X
DOI	10.1023/A:1008023412335
Schlagwörter	Student Learning; Social Contract; Learning Context; Sample Methodology; Personnel Management
Abstract	Abstract This article describes Teacher Work Sample Methodology (TWSM) as one piece of an in-place accountability system for the initial preparation and licensure of teachers that includes evidence of student learning. The underlying tenets of both the methodology specifically and the notion of accountability systems generally are explored from the perspective of using evidence of student learning. This discussion includes the argument that teacher do indeed influence student learning and thus can ethically be part of an accountability system. However, the author also argues that the teaching and learning context is important and must be taken into account within such systems. The author also describes why, especially at the preservice level, the notion of accountability is part of a broader “social contract.” Finally, the author argues that the aim of any accountability system should be to develop personal, professional responsibility rather than to develop an external hammer for performance. A summary of the differences TWSM has made at the individual teacher level and within the institution, the state, and the nation generally is presented. The author concludes that the intended impact of the system—to develop personal, professional responsibility—has been largely achieved.
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Update	2023/2/05