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The Use of EVAAS Teacher Reports in Teacher Evaluation: Teacher Attitudes in Ohio's Public Schools

Thomas, Trevor R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1387868297

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2014, Doctor of Education (EdD), Ohio University, Educational Administration (Education).
The study included in this dissertation was designed to measure Ohio public school teachers' attitudes on the use of EVAAS teacher reports in teacher evaluation. The study examined the relationships between teachers' attitudes on Ohio's assessments, teachers' past exposure to EVAAS reports, teachers' EVAAS level, Race to the Top status, teachers' exposure to EVAAS professional development, teachers' attitudes on observation-only teacher evaluation, and teachers' attitudes toward the use of EVAAS teacher reports in teacher evaluation. The data analyses included descriptive data and data from multiple regression analyses. The study employed the use of a survey to gather teacher attitudes from public school teachers in Ohio. Descriptive data included responses from 2,280 teachers, and the final multiple regression analysis included an N of 2,143. The multiple regression analyses included three models. The first model (N = 2,138) was a hierarchical multiple regression model with six steps. The second model (N = 2,143) was a hierarchical model that included the four variables that had statistically significant relationships to the teacher attitudes on the use of EVAAS teacher reports in teacher evaluation. Teacher attitudes on Ohio's assessments (p < .001), teachers' past exposure to EVAAS teacher reports (p < .001), teachers' EVAAS level (p < .01), and teacher attitudes on observation-only teacher evaluation (p < .05) were significantly related to teachers' attitudes on EVAAS teacher reports in teacher evaluation. The four constructs retained statistically significant relationship to the criterion variable in a third, forced entry model (N = 2,143). I then used robust standard errors in the final model to address the issue of correlated data. The robust standard errors did not result in significant changes to the results of the analysis, and therefore the third model was the final model for the study. Descriptive data (mean item score = 2.31) reflected negative teacher attitudes toward the use of EVAAS teacher reports in teacher evaluation. Descriptive results also included negative attitude measures from teachers on Ohio's assessments (mean item score = 2.65) and the teachers' attitudes toward student teachers (mean item score = 2.28). The results of the multiple regression analyses indicated that the Race to the Top program and teachers' prior EVAAS professional development had no relationship to teacher attitudes on the use of EVAAS teacher reports in teacher evaluation. The results of the final model were R2 = .146, F(4, 2138) = 91.13, p < .001.
Gordon Brooks (Committee Co-Chair)
Holly Raffle (Committee Co-Chair)
William Larson (Committee Member)
Bruce Martin (Committee Member)
206 p.
Educational Evaluation; Educational Leadership
Teacher Evaluation; Value-Added; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Effectiveness; Change Management; Organizational Change; Race to the Top

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  • Thomas, T. R. (2014). The Use of EVAAS Teacher Reports in Teacher Evaluation: Teacher Attitudes in Ohio's Public Schools [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1387868297

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Thomas, Trevor. The Use of EVAAS Teacher Reports in Teacher Evaluation: Teacher Attitudes in Ohio's Public Schools. 2014. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1387868297.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Thomas, Trevor. "The Use of EVAAS Teacher Reports in Teacher Evaluation: Teacher Attitudes in Ohio's Public Schools." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1387868297

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