Educator perceptions of TPE become more positive with each year of implementation¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q3
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Year-by-year survey comparisons from 2013 to 2015 show increasing agreement among both principals and teachers across TPE items. → Slotnik 2015

Evidence¶

Slotnik 2015¶

Slotnik, W. J., Bugler, D., & Liang, G. (2015). Change in Practice in Maryland: Student Learning Objectives and Teacher and Principal Evaluation. Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive Center (WestEd and Community Training and Assistance Center). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED568386

q3 · i? · associational · r1

Statewide survey analysis of 2013-2015 responses (2015: 17,344 teachers, 1,160 principals), with Mann-Whitney U tests of group and year differences. The report states there has been “a year by year increase in the percent of teachers who agree with every survey item.”

"There has been a year by year increase in the percent of teachers who agree with every survey item in the sections on “Systemic Context,” the “Quality of TPE Frameworks and Processes,” and “Student Learning Objectives.”"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Instructionally focused TPE implementation is seen as more valuable, while compliance-driven implementation increases teacher stress — related
• Educators' positive perceptions of Maryland's TPE system increased year by year from 2013 to 2016 on every measure tracked — a broader claim this one bears on
• Newer teachers (0-3 years) hold more positive views of TPE than veteran teachers (10+ years) — related
• Principals are generally more positive about TPE than teachers, but perception gaps are narrowing — 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
• 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
• About 45% of teachers still report needing further TPE-related training despite year-over-year improvement — related
• In every district, more educators agree than disagree that they share a common language for the SLO process — related
• Among SLO districts the most frequently reported benefit was increased collaboration, while alternative assessment-based value-added models were perceived as fairer than SLOs — related