Teachers take the test

Abstract

Question: Does the testing and evaluation of teachers improve teaching? Through a new teacher's path to becoming a licensed teacher, they are tested, observed, and judged in many different ways many different times. Purpose: There is an extensive amount of evaluating and testing done on new teachers that seems to be redundant or not necessary. This study is to test if teacher evaluations are necessary, explain how they help or hurt a teacher, and educate other non-teachers on the different types of evaluations and tests a student teacher goes through. Study methods: I will be using my fellow classmate's evaluations of their teachings throughout the years. I will primarily look at the SATIC coding and KEEP evaluation sheets. I will compare previous sheets to current sheets to assess for growth of that teacher, and talk about what they have changed because of the evaluations.