Evaluating Teacher Education Programs through Performance-Based Assessments

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Evaluating Teacher Education Programs through Performance-Based Assessments is written by Polly, Drew and published by IGI Global. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1466699302 (ISBN 10) and 9781466699304 (ISBN 13).

Performance-based assessments have become a critical component of every teacher education program. Such assessments allow teacher candidates to demonstrate their content and pedagogical knowledge, skills, and dispositions in an authentic setting. Evaluating Teacher Education Programs through Performance-Based Assessments analyzes and discusses the theory and concepts behind teacher education program evaluation using assessment tools such as lesson plans, classroom artifacts, student work examples, and video recordings of lessons. Emphasizing critical real-world examples and empirically-based studies, this research-based publication is an ideal reference source for university administrators, teacher educators, K-12 leaders, and graduate students in the field of education.