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The Widget Effect: Our National Failure to Acknowledge and Act on Differences in Teacher Effectiveness.

Daniel F. Weisberg, Susan Sexton, Jennifer Mulhern, David Keeling

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Examines flaws in evaluations of teacher effectiveness that lead districts to allow poor performance to go unaddressed. Recommends a comprehensive system, to be used accountably and integrated with human capital policies, and efficient dismissal policies.

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Examines flaws in evaluations of teacher effectiveness that lead districts to allow poor performance to go unaddressed. Recommends a comprehensive system, to be used accountably and integrated with human capital policies, and efficient dismissal policies.

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Examines flaws in evaluations of teacher effectiveness that lead districts to allow poor performance to go unaddressed. Recommends a comprehensive system, to be used accountably and integrated with human capital policies, and efficient dismissal policies.

Key concepts: Psychology, Political science, Pedagogy, Mathematics education

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