Rethinking Teacher Evaluation in Chicago: Lessons Learned from Classroom Observations, Principal-Teacher Conferences, and District Implementation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780984507672)

LAUREN SARTAIN is a research analyst at UChicago CCSR. She has a BA from the University of Texas at Austin and a MPP from the Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, where she is currently a doctoral student. SARA RAY STOELINGA a is senior director at the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute, as well as an associate clinical professor on the Committee on Education. Stoelinga leads research projects focused on teacher quality, teaches within the University of Chicago Urban Teacher Education Program, and teaches and advises undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Chicago. Stoelinga received her BA and PhD in sociology from the University of Chicago. ERIC BROWN is a former research analyst at UChicago CCSR. He received his BA in Liberal Arts/Social Sciences from the City University of New York and an AM in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago. The University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research (UChicago CCSR) builds the capacity for school reform by conducting research that identifies what matters for student success and school improvement. Created in 1990 after the passage of the Chicago School Reform Act that decentralized governance of the city's public schools, UChicago CCSR conducts research of high technical quality that can inform and assess policy and practice in the Chicago Public Schools. UChicago CCSR studies also have informed broader national movements in public education. UChicago CCSR encourages the use of research in policy action and improvement of practice but does not argue for particular policies or programs. Rather, UChicago CCSR helps to build capacity for school reform by identifying what matters for student success and school improvement, creating critical indicators to chart progress, and conducting theory-driven evaluation to identify how programs and policies are working.