Getting Teacher Assessment Right: What Policymakers Can Learn From Research

This is a great source to examine for all involved in education. It is a detailed look at the various options and ideas within teacher assessment and evaluation. It provides a look and evaluation of the various approaches. An important read for someone looking into the question how do we improve our current teacher population.

I believe it is important to constantly seek ways to become better teachers - and the educational system and administrators need to look at ways to help this teacher development. This article is a good starting point when learning about the topic:

http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/getting-teacher-assessment-right