HCPS FL Logo Information and Technology
Information Item
DATE: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
January 2012 Report on the Measures of Effective Teaching Project (Information and Technology Division)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In January,  researchers overseeing the Measures of Effective Teaching Project (MET) released their second  set of findings from the two year study.  The focus of the MET Project  was on determining methods of identifying effective teaching.  It  included 3,000 teachers from Hillsborough County, New York City, Memphis, Charlotte, Denver and Dallas.  Components of the study were video taping teachers in the classroom, assessing student growth through test results, student surveys regarding classroom practice, and a teacher knowledge assessment that was focused on the teacher’s ability to explain important concepts.

 Executive Summary continued on Attachment 1.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  No)
None
EVALUATION
N/A
SUBMITTED BY: 
    David J. Steele, Ph.D.

  Chief Information and Technology Officer and Project Director, Empowering Effective Teachers Grant
(813) 272-4600
    A 9.04
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20120214_493 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 9.04