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The Dropout Nation Podcast: Time to Advance Teacher Quality

On the New Year’s first Dropout Nation Podcast, RiShawn Biddle takes a look at two new studies on teacher quality and explain why we can no longer depend on classroom observations in evaluating and managing performance. More than ever, objective data — especially value-added analysis of student performance — is critical to helping good-to-great teachers and the children in their care.

You can listen to the Podcast at RiShawn Biddle’s radio page or download directly to your iPod, Zune, MP3 player, smartphone, Nook Color or Kindle.  Also, subscribe to the podcast series. It is also available on iTunes, Blubrry, the Education Podcast Network,  Zune Marketplace and PodBean. Also download to your phone with BlackBerry podcast software and Google Reader.

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  1. By Familiarity Breeds, Or Why Classroom Observations Don't Work in Evaluating Teacher Quality | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle on January 10, 2012 at 11:21 am

    [...] I made clear in this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, how to evaluate and manage the performance of teachers has been one of the most-contentious [...]

  2. By Voices of the Dropout Nation in Quotes: The Power of No Child Left Behind | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle on January 13, 2012 at 8:36 am

    [...] quality. (Dropout Nation offers more thoughts on improving teacher quality in this week’s Podcast and Building a Culture of Genius commentary on teacher [...]

  3. By What Parents Need to Know: Why Publishing Value-Added Data on Teacher Data (and Even Other Elements of Evaluations) Makes Sense | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle on January 20, 2012 at 4:58 pm

    [...] meets the standard. After three decades, Value-Added has proven to be the most-objective tool in evaluating teacher performance in improving student achievement over time, allowing for families (and for everyone else) to know which teachers are doing an average job, [...]