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A new look at how to evaluate teachers

ANN ARBOR — One of the most extensive collections of videos showing teachers at work in the classroom will be available this fall at the University of Michigan to help researchers learn more about how to evaluate good teaching and how to develop excellent teachers.

The videos of 3,000 teacher volunteers from around the country are a crucial piece of the Measures of Effective Teaching project, a multi-year study that set out to determine how to identify and advance strong teaching. MET is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. (more…)

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