Culminating Findings from the MET Project’s Three-Year Study

ABOUT THIS REPORT: This non-technical research brief for policymakers and practitioners summarizes recent analyses from the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project on identifying effective teaching while accounting for differences among teachers' students, on combining measures into composites, and on assuring reliable classroom observations. 1 Readers who wish to explore the technical aspects of these analyses may go to www.metproject.org to find the three companion research reports: Have We Identified Effective Teachers? Earlier MET project briefs and research reports also on the website include: Working with Teachers to Develop Fair and Reliable Measures of Teaching (2010). A white paper describing the rationale for and components of the MET project's study of multiple measures of effective teaching. report and non-technical policy brief with the same title on analysis of student-perception surveys and student achievement gain measures. Achievement Gains (2012). A research report and policy/ practitioner brief with the same title with initial findings on the reliability of classroom observations and implications for combining measures of teaching. ABOUT THE MET PROJECT: The MET project is a research partnership of academics, teachers, and education organizations committed to investigating better ways to identify and develop effective teaching. Funding is provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The approximately 3,000 MET project teachers who volunteered to open up their classrooms for this work are from the following districts: The Charlotte-Mecklenburg