Charles L. Thompson

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the notion of local capacity needs to be rethought in light of the extraordinary demands for learning imposed on local educators by the current wave of instructional reforms.

TL;DR: This article classify North Carolina public school teachers into fixed and mutually exclusive categories that capture teachers' formal preparation and qualifications upon first entering the profession and estimate the adjusted average test score gains of students taught by teachers from each portal.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the indicators of progress and performance used by one program for their ability to predict value-added scores of program graduates, and found that rating instruments, including disposition surveys, clinical practice observation ratings, and portfolio assessments, each measure a single underlying dimension rather than the multiple constructs they were designed to measure.

TL;DR: In the early 1970s, one of the authors (MH) was beginning his career in Geneva and had the privilege of working with the celebrated psychologist Jean Piaget on a study of the human life cycle as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: This paper assess how state policies affect student achievement, specifically comparing traditionally prepared with alternative-entry teachers; in-state traditionally prepared teachers with out-of-state traditional prepared teachers; teachers beginning with undergraduate degrees with those beginning with graduate degrees; and teachers prepared at instate public universities with those prepared at private universities.