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Advancing Teacher and Principal Effectiveness
Four Recommendations for Reforming the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Ulrich Boser and Robin Chait March 2011
Advancing Teacher and Principal Effectiveness
Four Recommendations for Reforming the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Ulrich Boser and Robin Chait March 2011
The Center for American Progress thanks The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for generously providing support for this paper.
Contents
1 Introduction and summary 5 Recommendation No. 1: Congress should authorize a new Teacher and Leader Innovation Fund 7 Recommendation No. 2: Create a Teacher and Leader Pathways program 9 Recommendation No. 3: Develop teacher and principal evaluation systems and ensure the equitable distribution of teachers 16 Recommendation No. 4: Improve effectiveness by boosting capacity and consolidating programs 18 Conclusion 19 Endnotes 20 About the authors and acknowledgements
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