The University of Pennsylvania’s Matthew Steinberg discusses how the design of a teacher evaluation system can impact the distribution of teacher performance ratings.

He also discusses the findings and implications of his study “The Sensitivity of Teacher Performance Ratings to the Design of Teacher Evaluation Systems,” published in Educational Researcher.

Featured research: Steinberg, Matthew P., and Matthew A. Kraft. “The Sensitivity of Teacher Performance Ratings to the Design of Teacher Evaluation Systems.” Educational Researcher 46, no. 7 (October 2017): 378–96.