Educators who participated in TPE-related training agree more with positive statements about TPE than those without training or information¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2014 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Educators who participated in classroom observation and/or SLO trainings are more likely to agree on almost every survey question about TPE than educators who neither participated in trainings nor accessed information. → Slotnik 2014

Evidence¶

Slotnik 2014¶

Slotnik, W. J., Bugler, D., & Liang, G. (2014). Real progress in Maryland: Student learning objectives and teacher and principal evaluation. WestEd and Community Training and Assistance Center. http://marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/tpe/index.html

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Statewide web survey of 16,314 Maryland educators from 23 districts (response rates 5.7% to 72.6%), comparing trained versus untrained respondents. The report states that "educators who participated in trainings on classroom observation and/or SLOs are more likely to agree on almost every question on the survey," with differences marked statistically significant at the 95% confidence level; no effect size is printed.

"Survey data confirm that educators who participated in trainings on classroom observation and/or SLOs are more likely to agree on almost every question on the survey"

Discussion¶

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