Educators' positive perceptions of Maryland's TPE system increased year by year from 2013 to 2016 on every measure tracked¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2019: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Across four years of surveys, the percentage of principals and teachers agreeing with each tracked TPE statement rose every year, and the four-year increases were statistically significant at the 95% confidence level. → Slotnik 2016

Evidence¶

Slotnik 2016¶

Slotnik, W. J., Bugler, D., & Liang, G. (2016). Stay the Course: Teacher and Principal Evaluation in Maryland. WestEd and Community Training and Assistance Center. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED589981

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Cross-sectional survey analysis of four annual administrations (2013-2016, nearly 60,000 responses total), with Mann-Whitney U tests of year-to-year differences. The report finds "a year-by-year increase" in agreement on all tracked items, marked significant at the 95% confidence level.

"For every survey item, there has been a year-by-year increase in the percent of principals and teachers who agree with the statements on "Systemic Context," the "Quality of TPE Frameworks and Processes," and "Student Learning Objectives.""

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Principals' positive perceptions of TPE rose 17 to 37 percentage points and teachers' rose 20 to 31 percentage points between 2013 and 2016 — related
• Educator agreement with positive TPE statements rose from the 2013 to the 2014 survey, with the strongest increases on SLO support items — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Educator perceptions of TPE become more positive with each year of implementation — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Principals are generally more positive about TPE than teachers, but perception gaps are narrowing — related
• Newer teachers (0-3 years) hold more positive views of TPE than veteran teachers (10+ years) — related
• Principals and teachers increasingly agree that school and district support for TPE implementation is helpful, with principals more positive than teachers — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• In every district, more educators agree than disagree that they share a common language for the SLO process — related
• About 45% of teachers still report needing further TPE-related training despite year-over-year improvement — related