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Kane Testifies Before Senate Committee

On April 15, Professor Thomas Kane testified before the Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions as part of the fourth hearing on the Elementary Secondary Education Act's Reauthorization. The roundtable hearing focused on how to attract and retain teachers and leaders for schools, as well as how to best prepare leaders, and support and evaluate their work. Kane discussed his current research with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on the Measures of Effective Teaching project where he emphasized the importance of better teacher evaluation systems to achieve success in education reform.

To view the hearing: http://help.senate.gov/hearings/hearing/?id=ddc7b57c-5056-9502-5d10-0a37ee595d1c

To read Kane's testimony: http://help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Kane.pdf

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