چکیده (انگلیسی):

The impact of teacher observations in alignment with professional development (PD) on teacher
efficacy was quantified for 292 schools in 110 districts within 27 U.S. States. Teacher
observations conducted by school leaders or designated internal coaches were coordinated with
PD offerings aligned with intended teacher improvements. The PD involved throughout was an
online, on-demand system teachers accessed as convenient with a range of PD assistance
regarding teaching techniques and participative teacher/user interactive communities for
collaboratively posting and downloading PD-related materials. Results indicate that systemic
teacher observations, coupled with aligned PD, resulted in significantly improved student
achievement in reading and math on standardized assessments.