The Times

From the NY Times Education Section (11/7/04) this Sunday. How to measure teaching effectiveness? The best correlation is teacher expertise accounts for more difference in student performance (40%) than any other factor. What is expertise? A constellation of factors = catagories such as subject knowledge, pedagogy, relationship between students and teachers. Effective teachers know their subject and have high expectations, do whatever it takes to help children learn the material and don't give up.

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